Slotkin, Peters hammer Trump's pick to lead Pentagon at Senate confirmation hearing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Do you think that the way to raise the minimum standards of the people who serve us is to lower the standards for the Secretary of Defense?"Hegseth said in his role at a veterans organization he oversaw about 100 full-time staff and thousands of volunteers.
50% : "Senator, I'm grateful to be hired by one of the most successful CEOs in American history, should I be confirmed," Hegseth replied, referring to Trump.
43% : Republican senators praised Trump's unconventional pick for the Department of Defense and welcomed him as a patriot that can reform the Pentagon.
37% : Hegseth said he would not reveal what he's discussed privately with Trump.
16% : "I reject the premise that President Trump will be giving any illegal orders at all," Hegseth replied.
15% : Trump's then-Defense secretary, Mark Esper, has written that he convinced Trump against that decision, Slotkin noted.
9% : Slotkin noted that Trump said in November that he's willing to consider using the active-duty military against the "enemy within."

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