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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

President-elect Trump has now announced all his choices for his cabinet and his second

administration.

Some senators are weighing in today on some of the nominees.

Democrat Tammy Duckworth of Illinois says Pete Hagezeth, an Army veteran and Fox News anchor, should not be the Defense Secretary.

He never commanded a unit. He never commanded a company, let alone battalions, brigades, or whole armies.

He was a platoon leader. He served at a very low level in the military. And we're talking about an organization that is 3 million servicemen and

women and civilians and a budget of over $900 billion. He does not have the experience to run

an organization of that size. Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma defended

Hegsef and other choices made by the president-elect. Government has been working for a party, not for the people, and President Trump is putting

people there that's going to make changes, and unfortunately, the establishment is trying

to hold that back and trying to find every little piece of detail they can to say that

this person is disqualified.

Both Duckworth and Mullen were interviewed today on CNN. Contentious negotiations at the

climate conference in Azerbaijan ended this morning. Wealthy countries agreed to triple a

previous pledge to help developing nations cope with a hotter climate. But NPR's Jeff Brady reports

many of those developing countries are not happy.

Under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, rich countries that mostly created climate change by

burning fossil fuels agreed to pay developing nations that are disproportionately suffering

the consequences. India's representative called the $300 billion a year by 2035, a paltry sum considering the damage.

Chani Raina said her country was not even allowed to make a statement before the decision was finalized.

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