Watch live: Senate confirmation hearings for Defense, CIA and HUD
Ben Carson testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be secretary of housing and urban development, on Jan. 12, 2017.
Senate confirmation hearings on President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees continue Thursday.
Three of Trump's nominees are appearing concurrently on Capitol Hill before three separate committees. Retired Gen. James Mattis, who is nominated to be defense secretary, will sit before the Senate Arms Services Committee. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will question Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan, Trump's pick to head the CIA. And the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will hear from Trump's choice for secretary of housing and urban development, Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
You can watch the hearings live below:
1. Retired Gen. James Mattis, nominee for secretary of defense.
2. Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan, nominee for director of the CIA
3. Ben Carson, nominee for secretary of housing and urban development
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