Key senators receive Pete Hegseth's FBI background check days out from confirmation hearing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : An FBI background check for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, was transmitted late Friday to the leading members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the report, just days ahead of his Tuesday confirmation hearing.
24% : Since Trump announced his intent to nominate Hegseth, the military veteran and former Fox News host has been mired in a slew of controversies and negative allegations."I don't think that I'm going to be allowed to look at the FBI investigation before the hearing," Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., told NBC News on Friday.
14% : "A Trump transition official called the complaints "partisan blustering designed to slow down the confirmation process at a time when it's incredibly critical that President Trump has his national security team in place on Day One.

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