After second meeting with Hegseth, Ernst hints at whether she will or won't support confirmation

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, the first female combat veteran elected to the Senate and a member of the Armed Services Committee, has signaled toward supporting President-elect Trump's nominee for defense secretary.After meeting on Monday for a second time with Pete Hegseth, Ernst wrote in a statement that "as I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources."An Army National Guard officer who deployed to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and who until last month was a longtime...