WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) (C) arrives for a meeting with Pete Hegseth in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next secretary of Defense. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) (C) arrives for a meeting with Pete Hegseth in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next secretary of Defense. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was on Capitol Hill meeting with Senators to discuss his nomination and qualifications. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) departs the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Vance escorted President-elect Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense nomin Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill for meetings with senators to discuss his nomination and qualifications. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images))

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters as he leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was on Capitol Hill meeting with Senators to discuss his nomination and qualifications. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters as he leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was on Capitol Hill meeting with Senators to discuss his nomination and qualifications. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

(FILES) Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 4, 2019. Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be US attorney general, pulled out of the selection process on November 21, 2024, after widespread opposition including from within his Republican Party. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Pete Hegseth leaves Vice President-elect, Sen. JD Vance's (R-OH) office following a series of meetings with senators in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of Defense. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)