Republican senators are upbeat about their chances of confirming former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Defense The Hill reported.

Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., who is set to become the next head of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, told reporters after a meeting with Hegseth, Vice President-elect JD Vance, and Wicker’s fellow Republicans on the panel that the nomination is in “pretty good shape” ahead of the confirmation process.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said that Hegseth “can explain all the situations,” including a 2017 sexual assault accusation, and is “going to be just fine.”

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