Fox News anchor Bret Baier has provided a positive update on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n
During a segment on Fox News, Baier said there\u2019s been \u201cgrowing optimism\u201d with Trump\u2019s team that Hegseth\u2019s nomination is moving in the \u201cright direction\u201d with Republican senators.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there is this growing optimism with the President-elect and his team that they are making progress and that Pete Hegseth is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel,\u201d Baier said.<\/p>\n
Hegseth has been on Capitol Hill meeting with Republican senators to get their support as he fights claims of sexual misconduct and drinking too much. Hegseth has said he did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n
WATCH:<\/p>\n
Fox\u2019s Bret Baier breaks big news:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there is this growing optimism with the President-elect and his team that they are making progress and that Pete Hegseth is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/e81DIE44US<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Martin Walsh (@martinwalsh__) December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n This week, Hegseth is back on Capitol Hill to try to get more support for his nomination.<\/p>\n Building America\u2019s Future, a conservative nonprofit, told the Daily Caller that it is spending $500,000 on ads to support Hegseth for Secretary of Defense and urges voters to ask their senators to back the nominee.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica needs a Defense Secretary who knows what it means to fight, and understands the price of freedom. Pete Hegseth is a patriot, a decorated combat veteran and a warrior who will stop at nothing to keep America safe,\u201d the ad says.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Deep State is trying to stop his nomination, but Pete isn\u2019t backing down. Call your senator today and urge them to confirm Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense,\u201d the ad continues.<\/p>\n For his part, Hegseth is also not backing down.<\/p>\n While speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill, Hegseth told the press that he only answers to Trump, the Senate, his wife, and Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n Hegseth is facing old allegations of sexual misconduct and drink abuse. Hegseth has unequivocally denied all of the allegations against him, but they have resulted in some lawmakers like Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) hesitant to back Hegseth through his confirmation.<\/p>\n After holding private meetings with senators on Capitol Hill, Hegseth maintained his position when questioned by the press, asserting that his only accountability was to Trump, the Senate, and Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n \u201cHave they pressed you on the issue of alcohol?\u201d a reporter asked.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had great conversations about who I am and what I believe. And frankly, the man I am today because of my faith in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and my incredible wife, Jenny, right here. I\u2019m a different man than I was years ago. And that\u2019s a redemption story that I think a lot of Americans appreciate. And I know from fellow vets that I\u2019ve spent time with, they resonate with that as well. You fight. You go do tough things in tough places on behalf of your country. And sometimes that changes you a little bit,\u201d Hegseth began.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd by the grace of God and my Lord and Savior, I had an opportunity to ask you to come on up out of it and do great things with great veterans organizations that fought for vets, that fought for reform at the VA and for warfighters and at the Fox News Channel to advocate for those very same causes. And I\u2019m proud of what I fought for. I\u2019m not going to back down from them one bit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Hegseth continued, \u201cI will answer all of these senators\u2019 questions. But this will not be a process tried in the media. I don\u2019t answer to anyone in this group. None of you, not to that camera at all. I answer to President Trump, who received 76 million votes on behalf and a mandate for change. I answer to the 100 senators who are part of this process and those in the committee. And I answer to my Lord and Savior and my wife and my family. I\u2019m proud to be here as long as Donald Trump wants me in this fight. I\u2019m going to be standing right here in this fight fighting to bring our Pentagon back to what it needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n WATCH:<\/p>\n\n The post Bret Baier Provides Positive Update on Pete Hegseth\u2019s Nomination<\/a> appeared first on Conservative Brief<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fox News anchor Bret Baier has provided a positive update on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Department of Defense. During a segment on Fox News, Baier said there\u2019s been \u201cgrowing optimism\u201d with Trump\u2019s team that Hegseth\u2019s nomination is moving in the \u201cright direction\u201d with Republican senators. \u201cI think there is this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5284,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257\/revisions\/5284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}