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# Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pick For Defense Secretary, Visits Capitol Hill to Shore Up Support

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## Video: Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pick For Defense Secretary, Visits Capitol Hill to Shore Up Support

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_Published 2024-11-21. A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday._


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## Transcript

Presently, that state looks amazing. Opportunity to be nominated to the Department of Defense incredible opportunity tonight. I just want to thank Vice President of United Sates Chance. He's got the M Whitby, he was senator of the United States. We take very seriously the advice and consent role that the US Senate has. We look forward to engaging in. In that process, we take absolutely nothing for granted, and we welcome the opportunity to talk to any senator that wants to talk to us. Did you sexually assault woman in Monterey, California. I have as far as the media is concerned, I'll keep it simple.

The matter was fully investigated and I was completely cleared, and that's what I'm going to leave. Thank you very much. Can you expressed concerns about your lack of pentagon?

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