Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing: What Went Down

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : This is my life.
60% : "[That] is why I believe our country is incredibly fortunate to have a new commander-in-chief, in Donald Trump, who, through the strategic approach he has taken with allies and against foes, is preventing wars and [he] is determined to do the same," Hegseth stated.
56% : There's already been a surge since President Trump won the election of recruiting the Army's interests.
45% : "Now, it is true, and it's been acknowledged, that I don't have a similar biography to defense secretaries of the last 30 years, but as President Trump also told me, 'We've repeatedly placed people atop the Pentagon with supposedly the right credentials, whether they are retired generals, academics or defense contractor executives, and where has it gotten us?'"
37% : "Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), whom Trump refers to as "Pocahontas" after she previously claimed that she is "part Cherokee," which also later resulted in condemnation from a Cherokee Tribe leader, dived into the conversation to try and save the day for the Democrats.
35% : President Trump at the helm, I think, will go a long way in making sure our enemies know that there's a new sheriff in town.
35% : "Today, in his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, Pete Hegseth showed the American people why President Trump nominated him as our next Secretary of Defense," spokesman Jake Schneider stated.
30% : "Senator, as the president has stated, I don't disagree with the overturn of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'" Hegseth said, regarding the Pentagon policy on homosexual service members, which was implemented under President Bill Clinton.
30% : In addition, King asked if Hegseth's previous comments -- which mentioned Iranian and Chinese aggression but not Russia's war against Ukraine -- were "code for, 'We're going to abandon Ukraine.'"Hegseth responded, saying that Trump had "made it very clear that we'd like to see an end to that conflict.
25% : Slotkin: "If Donald Trump asked you to use the 82 Airborne in law enforcement roles in Washington, D.C., would you also convince him otherwise?"Hegseth: "I'm not going to get ahead of conversations I would have with the president," he answered.

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