The Pentagon isn’t ready to fight conflicts of the future and must adapt quickly to accelerate the production of defense technologies that it needs, said Sen. Roger Wicker, (R., Miss.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) appeared satisfied with Pete Hegseth's testimony at his confirmation hearing for the secretary of defense post. Wicker chaired a bombastic meeting where senators highlighted accusations against Hegseth for sexual misconduct,

Miss., chair of the Armed Services Committee, has signaled Hegseth is likely to be confirmed as defense secretary.

CNN's Manu Raju grilled Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) about Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth's FBI background check. The post CNN’s Manu Raju Grills Committee Chair Over Pete Hegseth Background Check After Tense Hearing first appeared on Mediaite.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) apologized to defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth after he was confronted about sexual assault allegations. During a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, multiple Democratic senators noted that Hegseth had been accused of raping a woman.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm,” he is expected to say. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for "TODAY."

By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, came under fire during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as the top Democrat on the Senate committee accused him of lacking the "character and composure" to lead the U.

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’

"We must not underestimate the importance of having a top-shelf communicator as secretary of defense," Wicker said.

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm,” he is expected to say. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for "TODAY."