As Trump Cabinet Hearings Begin, Veterans Rally Behind Hegseth
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
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🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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With the presidential inauguration now less than a week away, the Senate is holding hearings on the appointments of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. The hearings could display the level of support, or lack of enthusiasm, that Republicans will show for the incoming administration. And there are also questions about how this will go for Cabinet selections who’ve been the focus of media attacks. Among these is Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, and already veterans are rallying on the streets of Washington D.C. in his support.
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| 0:00.0 | With the presidential inauguration, now less than a week away, the Senate will be holding hearings |
| 0:05.3 | starting today on the appointments of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks. The hearings |
| 0:10.9 | could display the level of support or lack thereof the Republicans are going to show for the |
| 0:15.7 | incoming administration. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has fined an Ohio meatpacking company almost $4 million |
| 0:23.3 | after a hiring manager stole the identities of U.S. citizens and gave them to illegal immigrants. |
| 0:31.8 | And this is part of a broader problem in the United States that is suddenly coming into focus. |
| 0:37.4 | In other news, as the fires in L.A. |
| 0:39.6 | continue, a petition to recall the mayor is gaining traction. I'm the Epic Times Senior |
| 0:44.8 | investigative reporter Joshua Phillip, and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 0:59.3 | With the presidential inauguration less than a week away, the U.S. Senate is now hearing confirmations on Trump's various cabinet picks. Now, the hearings could display the level of support |
| 1:05.3 | or lack thereof that Republicans will show for the incoming administration. And there are also some questions |
| 1:11.9 | over how this will go for the cabinet picks who've been the focus of media attacks. Now, this week, |
| 1:18.1 | more than a dozen of Trump's cabinet nominees will be going through the ringer and their Senate |
| 1:23.3 | confirmation hearings. The appointees with confirmation hearings this week are Pete Hegeseth for |
| 1:29.0 | Secretary of Defense. Doug Bergam for the Secretary of Interior, Doug Collins for Secretary of |
| 1:34.3 | Veterans Affairs, Marco Rubio for Secretary of State. A lot of people are saying he kind of has |
| 1:39.0 | his foot in the door already. Christy Knoem for Secretary of Homeland Security, Pamela Bondi for Attorney General, |
| 1:45.7 | John Ratcliffe, for Director of the CIA, Chris Wright for Secretary of Energy, |
| 1:50.3 | Russ Vaught for Director of Office and Management and Budget, Sean Duffy for Secretary of Transportation, |
| 1:55.6 | Scott Bessett for the Secretary of Treasury, Lee Zellin for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, |
| 2:03.4 | and Scott Turner for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. |
| 2:07.7 | There are going to be more going forward as well, including, for example, you know, Cash Patel and others. |
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