Iowa Senator Joni Ernst announced that she would vote for Pete Hegseth to become Defense Secretary, making his path to Senate ...

Joni Ernst said she will vote to confirm ... on his knowledge of the role the defense secretary and U.S. military play internationally. Ernst made the announcement after what she described during ...

Senator Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) quietly scored an early victory for those seeking to make the federal government more efficient ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) threw her support behind Defense ... and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense.” “As I serve on the ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst pressed Pete Hegseth about women’s roles in the military and thanked him for their “frank” discussions as he sat before an often-contentious hearing on his nomination to ...

Hegseth, a former Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran ... saying his years of military service were the best preparation for the job - and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a key vote, on Tuesday night ...

Joni Ernst of Iowa on the first day of confirmation ... and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense. As I serve on the Armed ...