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, with many praising his performance amid the hearing. In previewing the next steps for Hegseth, whom Wicker said is “definitely on his way” to getting confirmed, thesenator said a hearing on the matter would be held on Monday afternoon, and that a vote would likely be held “by the end of the week.”“I’d say by first week, Pete Hegseth will be in place at the Pentagon, and we need somebody right away at the Pentagon,” Wicker said on Fox News’s.
And I’m really looking forward to working with Pete Hegseth and also the team he’s putting in place!”Wicker also expressed excitement regarding fixing the nation’s spending spree, suggesting the nation act “more like a business” with its purchases, which include encouraging the launch of startup companies. To help address the nation’s spending, he predicted that an audit of the nation’s spending will be conducted and passed soon, as people are “absolutely crying for this.
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