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January 21, 2025

Senate Armed Services Committee Advances Pete Hegseth's Nomination to Lead the Pentagon
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Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to
advance Pete Hegseth's nomination for defense secretary to the Senate
floor. Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Armed
Services Committee, blasted her Republican colleagues for "rushing
through the most unqualified nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense in
modern history." Hegseth has been accused of domestic violence, rape,
being drunk on the job, Islamophobia and mismanaging two nonprofits'
funds, among other things. 


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