WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) questioned Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee today: Click the image above for the full questioning Full Transcript: Senator Jim Banks: “Welcome, Mr. Hegseth. You have conducted yourself very well today. In fact, so well that I believe it is incumbent upon this committee to confirm you ASAP to get you on the job to clean up the mess that we have at the Pentagon, ongoing at this moment because the leadership over the last four years has failed us. In President Biden’s first year in office,