Mark Simone, the voice of New York.

710 W.O.R.

Well, Pete Heggzeth, it looks like Trump is backing him a thousand percent.

He's doubling down on Pete Heggseth.

They think they'll get him through.

Now, if he's doing that, it's because they've quietly, secretly,

talked to all these Republican senators.

They count the votes carefully.

It's chances of getting confirmed.

They were 50-50 earlier this week, then 60, 40.

Looks like it might be 70-30 now that Hexeth gets confirmed.

If it's not Pete Hexeth, by the way, if for some reason he has to pull out and step down, it's not Ron DeSantis. That's a rumor coming from the donors coming from Ron DeSantis. That's a rumor. There are backup choices if they had to come up with another Secretary of Defense. In the lead is, what's his name?

Eldridge Colby.

Great choice for, he related to William Colby.

Great choice.

That's the backup, just in case.

But it looks like things are looking better, looking up for Pete Hegsith.

Hey, you know what's really important is the Doge thing, the Department of Government Efficiency.

This is what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramoswamy are putting together.

And this could cut a trillion dollars out of the budget, maybe two trillion out of the budget. There's massive

waste in the federal government, massive waste. The latest study shows only six percent of federal

workers. You know, government workers in Washington, it's in the millions, millions of government

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