Trump’s Cabinet nominees face Senate hearings. Here’s the schedule [Video]

After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, now the nominations process officially begins.Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. A hearing began Tuesday for Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary.Here’s a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time:Tuesday9:30 a.m.: Pete Hegseth, Department of DefenseThe former Fox News Channel weekend host and Army National Guard combat veteran is appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee after weeks of meetings during which some senators have questioned his fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. The Pentagon chief’s authority over the U.S. military is second only to that of the president’s.Video below: Hegseth emphasizes warfighting …