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Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br>Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has more on President-elect Donald Trump's nominees from a busy Capitol Hill on 'Special Report.' <br>The pick by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-poll-reveals-americans-think-trump-transition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President-elect Trump</a> to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, seems to be on track to get enough GOP Senate support to be confirmed, despite facing a handful of allegations ranging from sexual assault, excessive drinking and fund mismanagement, all of which he has denied. <br>One Republican senator told Fox News Digital that they weren't aware of any GOP senators who are a "hard no" on confirming Hegseth.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exceptionally-qualified-trump-transition-rolls-out-hegseth-hype-video-amid-capitol-hill-meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hegseth "certainly" doesn't</a> seem to be in a position where he may feel pressured to withdraw, they added. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-attorneys-general-offer-support-trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-urge-senators-do-same" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>GOP ATTORNEYS GENERAL OFFER SUPPORT FOR TRUMP FBI PICK KASH PATEL, URGE SENATORS TO DO THE SAME</strong></a><br><span>Pete Hegseth makes his way to a meeting with Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., in the Russell building on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.</span> <span>(Tom Williams/Getty Images)</span><br>This is much different than the landscape for former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump's previous selection to be attorney general, who faced several definitive "no" votes from senators. <br>Contending with the significant lack of support espoused most candidly behind closed doors, Gaetz withdrew from the process just days after being selected.<br>Republicans will have a 53-47 majority in the next Senate, and there is only room for Trump nominees to lose a few GOP votes, assuming no Democrats choose to back them. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/manchin-sinema-tank-schumer-lame-duck-effort-secure-dem-majority-top-labor-board"><strong>MANCHIN, SINEMA TANK SCHUMER LAME-DUCK EFFORT TO SECURE DEM MAJORITY ON TOP LABOR BOARD</strong></a><br><span>Gaetz withdrew himself from the confirmation process.</span> <span>(Reuters)</span><br>However, as the Republican senator conveyed, Hegseth doesn't appear to have lost any Republicans in the upper chamber at this point, including more moderate lawmakers such as Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. <br>Hegseth met with both of them this week on Capitol Hill. According to Collins, "I had a good substantive discussion that lasted more than an hour."<br>"We covered a wide range of topics ranging from defense procurement reforms to the role of women in the military, sexual assault in the military. Ukraine, NATO, a wide range of issues. I obviously always wait until we have an FBI background check and one is underway in the case of Mr. Hegseth, and I wait to see the committee hearing before reaching a final decision."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnells-senate-money-machine-makes-transition-thune-new-era-begins"><strong>MCCONNELL'S SENATE MONEY MACHINE MAKES TRANSITION TO THUNE AS NEW ERA BEGINS</strong></a><br><span>Collins met with Hegseth for a long period of time.</span> <span>(Mark Makela)</span><br>Murkowski refused to discuss her meeting with Hegseth, a former Fox News host, when asked by reporters. <br>Trump's defense secretary choice has also met twice with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-second-meeting-hegseth-ernst-hints-whether-will-wont-support-confirmation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa</a>. After their first meeting earlier this month, Ernst admitted on Fox News that she wasn't sold on Hegseth yet. But after their second meeting this week, she released a statement, saying, "As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exceptionally-qualified-trump-transition-rolls-out-hegseth-hype-video-amid-capitol-hill-meetings"><strong>'EXCEPTIONALLY QUALIFIED': TRUMP TRANSITION ROLLS OUT VIDEO HYPING HEGSETH AMID CAPITOL HILL MEETINGS</strong></a><br><span>Ernst and Hegseth met twice.</span> <span>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)</span><br>Ernst is notably the first female combat veteran ever elected to the Senate and also sits on the Armed Services Committee. She is additionally a survivor of sexual assault herself, which Hegseth has been accused of but denied. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a><br>The changing tide, seemingly in favor of Hegseth's confirmation, was articulated by Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to reporters. "You can feel the difference this week versus last week," he said. <br>"Kash [Patel] is not going to have an issue. Tulsi [Gabbard] is not going to have issue. People are going to ask the questions they should, but they're going to get confirmed," he added of other somewhat controversial Trump picks. <br>Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. 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