John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, said the United States is facing the “most challenging national security environment” in its history.
“The Chinese Communist Party remains committed to dominating the world economically, militarily, and technologically,” he said during his opening statement during his hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
WASHINGTON—Senators will question several of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees on Jan. 15.
Queries about partisanship and loyalty to the president-elect are expected to be posed to many, while other lines of questioning will be more specific to individual nominees.
Bondi May Be Asked About Weaponization of Justice
The nomination hearing for Pam Bondi, Trump’s choice for attorney general, will be the first of the day at 9:30 a.m. in front of the Senate’s judiciary committee.
Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 14 to make his case to become the next secretary of the Defense Department.
Hegseth was the first of roughly a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees slated to go before Senate committees this week and is considered one of the more controversial Cabinet selections.
That fact was on full display as Hegseth entered the crowded Senate chamber to raucous applause and chants of “U.S.A.” that were quickly followed by angry cries and accusations of support for genocide in the Middle East.