Hegseth 'doing a great job': top Republican Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., tells reporters Pete Hegseth 'will be confirmed.'

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday ... million people with a budget of $850 billion,” Hegseth told Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). “What I do know is that I’ve led men and women.

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face a confirmation hearing.

Hegseth was cool in the face of this unhinged questioning. They made him look good today,” said Scott Jennings on CNN.

President-elect Donald Trump chose Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense because he’s a combat veteran and change agent who isn’t afraid to take on the vital job of rebuilding the U.S. military from woke to lethal. He is the right person for the job, and I fully support him as our next secretary of defense.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's embattled ... Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott asked Hegseth why he wanted the job and what drives him. Hegseth took a few seconds to collect his ...

Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of ... white shirt and red polka-dot tie worn by Senator Rick Scott of Florida or the navy suit, light blue shirt and patterned ...

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will publicly face senators for the first time Tuesday after weeks of privately pushing back on criticism over his qualifications and personal past. Hegseth ...

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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

Pete Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense ... During questioning by Senator Rick Scott (D-Florida) Hegseth said that Russia’s 2014 military invasion and occupation of about 20% of Ukraine’s territory was a minor incident.