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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: (SPEECH) U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (C,R) listens to Ranking member U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) speak as (R-L) Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Angus King (I-ME), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) look on together with (L-R) Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) during a confirmation hearing for before the Senate Armed Services Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Hegseth, an Army veteran and the former host of “FOX & Friends Weekend” on FOX News will be the first of the incoming Trump administration’s nominees to face questions from Senators. (Footage by Alex Wong/Getty Images)