Pete Hegseth was grilled during his Senate confirmation hearing over his comments about women not belonging in certain battlefield roles. New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen sarcastically thanked the defense secretary hopeful for his “11th-hour conversion” after he told the Democrat he would be “honored” to serve alongside her and other women in the military.

A female Senator grilled Donald Trump's Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth about his views on women in the military during a confrontational moment during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

During his Tuesday confirmation hearing, Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth's past statements about women serving in combat roles were put under the microscope. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) began her questioning by reading excerpts from Hegseth's book "The War on Warriors,