The Latest: Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing adjourns following Senate questioning

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Pete Hegseth, Department of Defense The former "Fox & Friends" weekend host and Army National Guard combat veteran goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee after weeks of meetings during which some senators have questioned his fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct.
55% : About half of Americans say it's a "very" or "somewhat" bad thing for the president to rely on people without any background in government for advice about government policy, and only about one-quarter say it's a "very" or "somewhat" good thing.
55% : "Multiple senators noted that while Hegseth has railed on allegations that standards have been lowered for women in combat, they said Hegseth's nomination would mark a lowering of standards for the position of Secretary of Defense.
55% : "Do you think that the way to raise the minimum standards of the people who serve us is to lower the standards of the Secretary of Defense?"
52% : "Indeed, the totality of your own writings and alleged conduct would disqualify any servicemember from holding any leadership position in the military, much less being confirmed as the Secretary of Defense.
49% : "In general the U.S. Secretary of Defense position is filled by a civilian.
49% : That isn't the kind of fiscal management we want at the Department of Defense.
47% : Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Defense, entered the Senate hearing room alongside his entourage.
47% : "He's the most unqualified person to ever be nominated for Secretary of Defense," Duckworth said.
44% : Ernst was cordial with Hegseth and focused primarily on the Department of Defense passing a financial audit.
43% : In his prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press, Hegseth says "it's true that I don't have a similar biography to Defense Secretaries of the last 30 years" but "where has it gotten us?"Hegseth said Trump believes, "and I humbly agree, that it's time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm.
41% : On Hegseth's left sits Norm Coleman, former Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota, and to his right sits Rep. Michael Waltz, a GOP congressman from Florida who Donald Trump has tapped to serve as his national security advisor.
39% : "There's no better recruiter for our military, in my mind, than President Donald Trump," Hegseth said.
24% : Hirono also asked him whether he'd follow orders from Donald Trump to invade Greenland, which is controlled by NATO-ally Denmark, occupy the Panama Canal or shoot protestors of the incoming administration in the leg.
23% : Hegseth said the attacks were about Trump, not him.

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