Hegseth strikes defiant tone as Trump weighs several options for replacing him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Despite the acrimony between DeSantis and Trump during the primary campaign, the Florida governor is interested in the job, according to two sources familiar with DeSantis' thinking.
54% : Trump has already announced a series of Cabinet nominees who hail from Florida, including Sen. Marco Rubio, for secretary of state.
45% : "In an interview with conservative commentator Megyn Kelly on Wednesday, Hegseth said he had spoken with Trump earlier in the day and that the incoming president had told him, "I've got your back."
42% : "I don't know where things stand at the moment," he said of Hegseth's expected nomination and added, "It's not 100% clear to me who [Trump] wants as secretary of defense right now.
38% : He also said he spoke with Trump Wednesday morning, and the president-elect encouraged him to keep fighting.
31% : The report said "[t]hree current employees said his drinking remained a concern up until Trump announced him as his choice to run the Pentagon, at which point Hegseth left Fox."
30% : But the embattled former Fox News host on Wednesday pushed back on reports that Trump is considering other candidates for defense secretary.

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