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

Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, withstood hours of questioning during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing.

Miss., center, accompanied by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. speaks during ...

CNN's Manu Raju grilled Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) about Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth's FBI background check.

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 ...

Pete Hegseth on Tuesday battled through a high-stakes Senate hearing in which Democrats sought to paint the Pentagon nominee ...

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, ...

Hegseth faced intense questioning from Democrats in his Armed Services Committee ... audiences— the committee, the United States Senate, and the general American public,” Wicker said after ...

U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., called the hearing into order on Capitol Hill at 9:30 a.m. EST. He acknowledged signals of approval from the audience as ...