If Hegseth is approved, it shall be interesting how DOD fares. If Hegseth meets resistance Gabbard could be an alternate nominee. After Gaetz withdrew subsequent to being shepherded to Senators with Vance, but Hegseth is staying, the guess is Vance reported to Trump the nomination had a shot at confirmation.
They know Gabbard from her past, and she appears to not need to be introduce via Vance to show anything, and when the time comes she will be confirmed or not.
Now, much else is on the Internet so that closing this post is proper. Noting that Trump is not a Neocon and that his economic advisers seem kind of vanilla, a lot of worry that econo-Trump could cause a second Great Depression should fade.
Expect more posting.