WASHINGTON — Iowa Senator Joni Ernst questioned President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday in a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and then later in the day issued a statement saying she would support his nomination.
Ernst faced backlash from Trump supporters after saying in December she was not yet ready to say how she would vote on Hegseth’s nomination after allegations of sexual indiscretions as well as financial irregularities at non-profit veterans groups he led.
Ernst in a written statement on Tuesday evening said she would support Hegseth’s nomination and vote to confirm him.
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