An architect of Project 2025 is pressuring Republican senators to confirm Pete Hegseth

Published December 5, 2024 12:47 PM

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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is reemerging with a campaign to back President-elect Donald Trump’s imperiled cabinet selections. The group’s president Kevin Roberts said it will be spending $1 million to put pressure on senators unwilling to support Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense. Hegseth has been meeting with senators in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault trying to reassure them he is fit to be Trump’s defense secretary.

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