Miss., center, accompanied by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. speaks during the Senate Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations GOP news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,

"We must not underestimate the importance of having a top-shelf communicator as secretary of defense," Wicker said.

The Pentagon isn’t ready to fight conflicts of the future and must adapt quickly to accelerate the production of defense technologies that it needs, said Sen. Roger Wicker, (R., Miss.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,

CNN’s Manu Raju grilled Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS ... the committee, the United States Senate and the American general public. I think it was a magnificent ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. secretary of defense, is facing a barrage of questions from members of the powerful Senate committee led by Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker.

Prominent U.S. politicians, known to value the South Korea-U.S. alliance, have been named to chair the Senate committees on foreign relations and armed services that have a substantial influence over America's foreign and security policy.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, underwent his Senate confirmation hearings on Tuesday, where senators scrutinized his fitness for the role due to his past as a combat veteran and TV host.

Senator Roger Wicker has been sworn in for his third term. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the capitol earlier today as the 119th Congress began. Vice President Kamala Harris administered the swearing-in ceremony.

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm,” he is expected to say. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for "TODAY."

Pete Hegseth on Tuesday battled through a high-stakes Senate hearing in which Democrats sought to paint the Pentagon nominee as inexperienced, unprofessional and toxic due to allegations of sexual

Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, withstood hours of questioning during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing.

CNN's Manu Raju grilled Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) about Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth's FBI background check. The post CNN’s Manu Raju Grills Committee Chair Over Pete Hegseth Background Check After Tense Hearing first appeared on Mediaite.