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So far, President-elect Donald Trump has filled or named candidates for more than 60 top jobs in his coming administration. Of those who have to be confirmed by the Senate, one has been withdrawn, while three others — defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, health and human services secretary nominee Robert Kennedy Jr., and national intelligence director nominee Tulsi Gabbard — face significant opposition.
“I’d look around at 10 o’clock and be like, ‘What am I going to do today? How about I drink some beers? How about I go have some lunch and have some beers? How about I meet my one or two buddies and have some beers?’ And one beer leads to many, leads to self-medication, leads to ‘I’ve earned this.’ Like, ‘Don’t tell me I can’t.'” When Cain asked if Hegseth sometimes drank heavily, Hegseth said, “Oh, yeah.
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