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Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Wednesday, January 15th, 2025. This is the exit.

Today, how lawmakers grilled Trump's pick to run the Defense Department, plus how wins have impacted California fires this week, and we take a closer look at Biden's legacy.

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, was grilled during his Senate confirmation

hearing yesterday on a number of issues, ranging from his past to some of the current

challenges the Defense Department faces today. I spoke with USA Today Pentagon correspondent Tom

Vandenbrook for more. Hello Tom. Happy New Year, Taylor. Happy New Year to you, Tom. So let's just

start with a couple of basics here at the top and then we'll get into the hearing. I mean,

who is Pete Heggseth for folks

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