Hegseth Narrowly Clears Senate Test Vote
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
CNN
3.2 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:32.9 | Happening now, breaking news. |
| 0:35.2 | The Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hedgeseth clears a hurdle toward confirmation, despite new Republican opposition. |
| 0:42.3 | This, as new details are now emerging about a $50,000 payment, HECSeth made to a woman who accused him of sexual assault. |
| 0:51.3 | Also breaking, President Trump loses the first legal test of his bid to end |
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| 1:02.9 | and I'm quoting now, blatantly unconstitutional. Plus, the president is pushing for an immediate |
| 1:09.0 | meeting with Vladimir Putin as he tries to pressure Russia to make peace with Ukraine. |
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| 1:18.6 | Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. |
| 1:22.6 | I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the Situation Room. |
| 1:36.0 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 1:38.5 | And we begin with breaking news up on Capitol Hill. |
| 1:43.4 | The U.S. Senate clearing the way for a confirmation vote on Defense Secretary-nominee Pete Hegseth, despite new cracks in Republican |
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