As backers of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda are urging Republican senators to get behind the nominees and at least bring them to committee, Pete Hegseth, defense secretary nominee, told Newsmax the process is “going great.”
“Going great, going great – appreciate the opportunity to meet with senators,” Hegseth told Newsmax White House congressional correspondent Kilmeny Duchardt in the halls of Congress on Thursday morning.
Hegseth is making the rounds with Vice President-elect JD Vance as they conduct meetings with senators in the nomination process before the Senate’s advise-and-consent role.
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