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Key Moments From This Week's Senate Confirmation Hearings

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Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis, center, flanked by former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn, left, and former Maine Sen. and former Defense Secretary William Cohen, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis, center, flanked by former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn, left, and former Maine Sen. and former Defense Secretary William Cohen, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson takes a listen back through some of the key moments from this week's Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks, including Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director and retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary.

This segment aired on January 13, 2017.

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