Senators grilled but did not roast Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense.
On Jan. 14, the new chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), opened the confirmation for Peter B. Hegseth to be secretary of defense and saluted the audience’s applause as a “very appropriate expression of approval and respect for the nominee. Wicker also laid out the challenges Hegseth would face if confirmed and acknowledged the facts that could not be ignored. The incoming commander-in-chief, Donald Trump, is an “unconventional” leader, and he’s chosen a leader in Hegseth who, by historical measures, is equally unconventional. His testimony and answers to SASC members’ questions underscored that characterization.
Hegseth Hearing Was Not Ordinary
Confirmation hearings are often pro forma…
