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Republicans will hold confirmation hearings this week for more than a dozen high-profile administration picks for President-elect Trump’s next term, including Pete Hegseth, Sen. Marc Rubio, R-Fla.and Governor Kristi Noem, RS.D.
Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary, will have one of the first hearings on Tuesday, when he goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee at 9:30 a.m. and faces questions from both Democrats and Republicans.
Rubio and Noem were selected by Trump to be his secretaries of State and Homeland Security, respectively. Noem will appear before the Senate Committee on the day National Security and Government Affairs at 9 a.m. Wednesday, while Rubio will face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 10 a.m.
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A rigorous week of confirmation hearings will begin on Tuesday. (Reuters)
Other hearings on Tuesday include Doug Collins as Secretary of Veterans Affairs and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for the Secretary of the Interior.
Trump also picked Pam Bondi as Attorney General, John Ratcliffe to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Russell Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Sean Duffy for Transportation Secretary and Chris Wright to be the Energy Secretary. The hearings for each of them will be on Wednesday.
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Trump selected Bondi to be his attorney general. (MANDEL I/AFP via Getty Images)
Eric Turner, who Trump tapped to be his next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Scott Bessent, who the president-elect announced as his pick to lead the Treasury Department, have hearings scheduled for Thursday.
The hearing bombardment comes as Republicans prepare to confirm as many Trump nominees as they can, as quickly as they can.
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Trump will be inaugurated on January 20. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., explained his hope to confirm his pick quickly on Friday on “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,” saying, “In the past, the minority party has not obstructed at least a handful of high positions. Cabinet members will be approved in the first week. So I hope that the Secretary of State, as well as the Department of Homeland Security, will be approved on the day of the inauguration or , as well as a few more: the Department of Defense.”
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Paul said he hopes to confirm key candidates on the day Trump is sworn in. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“So I hope we get there quickly and don’t derail it. And I still have my fingers crossed that that will happen. As far as the two that are in charge, I’ve seen no resistance on the Republican side and some signs that as well we may get some Democratic support,” he added.
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Republicans are particularly motivated to confirm Trump’s national security team, especially in the wake of a recent terrorist attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, that killed 14 people and injured 35.
