Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department ... Brianne Pfannenstiel is the chief politics reporter for the Des Moines ...

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Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the ... who grew up in eastern Iowa, is headlining a political event in West Des Moines later this month in what some ...

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In brief remarks, Hegseth outlined what he said were his guiding principles ... them and he is going to fight for them," Vance said. Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa.