# Pete Hegseth Confirmation hearing **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 14, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964 "2025-01-14T15:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/101 "2025-01-16T18:54:33Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > , “Do you believe that you are the most qualified person in the US to hold this position, and if so, why do you think that?” and perhaps follow up with, “Of all Americans who have been Secretary of Defense, which one(s) do you admire most?” or, to perhaps, “Assuming you feel you are the best man for the job, if you don’t get it, who (past or present) would think could do the job as well as you?” Those are relatively softball questions, just off the top of my head I would guess the answers would be “Yes I am the best person of Trump wouldn’t have nominated me” “I am the best because only I have the courage to make the radical changes needed to clense the woke from the current military and return it to its full fighting strength.” “In would have to say that I admire George Washington as our greatest military leader whose courage against overwhelming odds gave us our freedom” “I don’t think that there is anyone who would do as good a job as I would which is why Trump nominated me.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/102 "2025-01-16T18:59:52Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Those are relatively softball questions, just off the top of my head I would guess the answers would be Or just fake some humility. “I don’t know how you’d determine who would be “best” for this job out of everyone in the country. We’ve seen other SecDefs with a variety of qualifications. But, when the president asks you to serve, you say “Yes, Sir!”, and trust that he’s done a good job in asking you to serve. All I know is, I’ll do the job the way the president wants it done, to the best of my abilities.” I accidentally typed “Yes, Sire!” at first, which felt a little too on the nose. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/103 "2025-01-16T21:50:31Z")
What about; “Would you hire an individual who cannot get a security clearance for the Secretary of Defense position?” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/104 "2025-01-16T22:22:07Z")
Man, that would have been a great question! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/105 "2025-01-17T01:50:09Z")
Not like it matters. Even Gaetz would have been easily confirmed if everyone in Washington didn’t absolutely hate him. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/106 "2025-01-17T01:55:45Z")
It’s just more evidence of just how much Gaetz’s fellow Republicans must really, really hate his guts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964.md?page=5)