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Analysis | 4 takeaways from Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -32% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Because I love my country, senator, and I've dedicated my life to the warfighters," Hegseth said.
25% : As recently as November -- shortly before Trump picked him -- he said, "I'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles.
15% : Trump has already been forced to replace his initial selection for attorney general, former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), when even some Republicans balked.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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