Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead ... Mike Lee (R-UT) decided on Monday to postpone the confirmation hearing for Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Interior, for two days due to a “bureaucratic delay.”
Ms. Gabbard grew up in a secretive offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement and has made a dizzying journey from conservative to liberal darling to Trump ally.
Mike Lee said the extra 48 hours was meant to provide the Office of Government Ethics more time to complete its work but stressed the agency should work with “urgency.”
Some are expected to have smooth confirmation paths, like Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, while others, like defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth, face headwinds.
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Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy, and Linda McMahon are expected to have their senate confirmation hearings next week to join President Trump's cabinet. One cabinet pick, Sen. Rubio, has been confirmed as the Secretary of State by the US Senate by unanimous consent.
Senate confirmations for the incoming cabinet of President-elect Donald Trump continued Thursday in Washington D.C., where Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono was among the delegation questioning