Hegseth sticks to script at his confirmation hearing - Roll Call

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : You talk about standards -- do you think that the way to raise the minimum standards of the people who serve is to lower the standards for the secretary of Defense?
47% : Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., agreed, and said Hegseth had not convinced him that he was fit to lead an organization as massive and complex as the Department of Defense.
46% : In the face of broad Democratic opposition, Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon touted his outsider status as a key aspect of his goal to shake up the militaryPete Hegseth weathered repeated efforts by Democrats on the Senate Armed Service Committee to assail his lack of qualifications to lead the Pentagon Tuesday, buoyed by praise from Republicans of President-elect Donald Trump's "out-of-the-box" pick to serve as secretary of Defense.
46% : Unfortunately, you lack the character and composure and competence to hold the position of secretary of Defense," Reed said.
32% : "I appreciate your 11th-hour conversion," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., noted that Hegseth never qualified his disapproval for women in combat by mentioning standards until after he had been tapped by Trump to be secretary of Defense.

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