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Six of president-elect Donald Trump's nominees to top positions in his administration face their first Senate confirmation hearings today.
The nominees for attorney general, director of central intelligence and the White House Office of Management and Budget will all testify before their committees of jurisdiction, as well as Trump's picks for secretaries of state, energy and transportation.
The six nominees, Pam Bondi, John Ratcliffe, Russell Vought, Sen. Marco Rubio, Chris Wright and Sean Duffy, respectively, are not among Trump's most controversial. Barring any serious, unforeseen issues that come up today, they are widely expected to be confirmed shortly after Trump is sworn into office on Jan. 20.
Each hearing is expected to last between three and four hours. CNBC is streaming the hearings for Bondi, Rubio and Wright live. Others are available for viewing on C-SPAN.
Here's the full schedule of today's confirmation hearings
9:30 a.m. ET
- Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
10:00 a.m. ET
- Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Director of Central Intelligence nominee John Ratcliffe testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee
- Secretary of Energy nominee Chris Wright testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Secretary of Transportation nominee Sean Duffy testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
1:00 p.m. ET
- Director of White House Office of Management and Budget nominee Russell Vought testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
— Christina Wilkie
Gov. Kristi Noem's hearing was postponed last-minute
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, holds the name plate from when she served in Congress during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on H.R. 3397 to "require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health," in Longworth Building on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
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A scheduled confirmation hearing today for South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, Trump's pick for to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was abruptly postponed late Tuesday afternoon.
A former member of the House, Noem's confirmation process was expected to be the most controversial of today's slate.
The reason for the postponement was given, but The Hill newspaper reported that it was "due to a delay on the FBI background check" for Noem.
— Christina Wilkie
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