His fate will not only depend on whether sufficient Republican senators will defer to the president-elect.
That dilemma is especially acute since concern among Republican senators helped derail the Gaetz selection last month.
So far, only a small minority of Republican senators have raised questions about Hegseth.
But several Republican senators said they hoped such steps would be taken, especially in the case of Hegseth.
CNN’s Manu Raju asked North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer whether standards had changed since those days.
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