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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump's controversial defense secretary nominee,

Pete Hegseth, has squeaked through a procedural vote in the Senate, making it likely he'll

get the 51 votes needed for confirmation. Hegseth has faced allegations of excessive drinking

and aggressive behavior towards women. NPR's Tom Bowman reports on what actions HECSeth might take.

Clearly he's going to get rid of the diversity, equity,

and inclusion programs at the Pentagon.

And there's concern among the senior ranks at the Pentagon

that he may make personnel changes.

He's been critical of the first woman to run the Navy

Admiral Lisa Frankeady. She could be out of a job.

He's also basically said they want to bring their own people in. So that could mean, again,

some military, senior military officers losing their jobs. We just don't know at this point.

NPR's Tom Bowman, critics have also cited Heg-SS's lack of experience in running such a large complex organization.

The Trump administration says it's rounding up more migrants accused of violent crimes,

the move part of a new effort to crack down on illegal immigration.

But NPR's Brian Mann reports so far the number of arrests appear only slightly higher than under the Biden administration.

Trump officials say they've arrested roughly 400 migrants with criminal records.

Speaking on Fox News, White House advisor Stephen Miller said initial immigration operations have

already arrested and removed what he called some of the most vicious criminals in this country.

But former acting director of U.S. immigration Customs, John Sandwig, told NPR,

enforcement actions carried out so far aren't a significant increase. I think these operations,

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