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Donald Trump's picks for cabinet positions face tough questioning and protests at their Senate confirmation hearings.
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Silent dissidents in the group of onlookers hold up peace signs as resigned U.S. Marine Corps General James Mattis affirms before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his designation to serve as barrier secretary. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Dr. Ben Carson gets an embrace from his granddaughter Tesora as he sits down to affirm before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee affirmation hearing on his selection to be Secretary of the U.S. Bureau of Housing and Urban Development. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) touches base to affirm before a Senate Intelligence hearing on his assignment of to be ended up chief of the CIA. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Protesters dressed as Klansmen disturb the begin of a Senate Judiciary Committee affirmation hearing for Attorney General chosen one Sen. Jeff Sessions (R). REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Dr. Ben Carson (R) and Senator Marco Rubio (L) shake hands after Rubio acquainted Carson with testifify before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee affirmation hearing on his assignment to be Secretary of the U.S. Division of Housing and Urban Development on Capitol Hill in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rex Tillerson, the previous administrator and CEO of Exxon Mobil, sits down to affirm before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee affirmation hearing on his selection to be secretary of state. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Senator Tim Kaine listens to declaration by Rex Tillerson. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Police expel a dissenter at the affirmation hearing for Rex Tillerson. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rex Tillerson affirms amid an affirmation hearing. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rex Tillerson, the previous administrator and CEO of Exxon Mobil, shakes hands with Marco Rubio as he touches base for an affirmation hearing. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Jeff Sessions sits down preceding affirming before an affirmation hearing. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rex Tillerson affirms before an affirmation hearing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Senator Jeanne Shaheen focuses to photographs amid her scrutinizing of Rex Tillerson. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (C) listens as Rex Tillerson (closer view) affirms amid his affirmation hearing. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens as his significant other Elaine Chao affirms before a Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee affirmation hearing on her assignment to be transportation secretary. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Demonstrators challenge Rex Tillerson outside the listening to room where Tillerson's affirmation hearing is being held. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Retired General John Kelly affirms before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee affirmation hearing on Kelly�s selection to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Khizr Khan, the Pakistan-conceived father of a U.S. Armed force commander murdered in the Iraq war, listens to declaration by Jeff Sessions. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Jeff Sessions holds his granddaughter as he touches base to affirm at an affirmation hearing. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Environmental activists rally against the designation of Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Members of the media work in the Russell Rotunda before the second day of declaration for Jeff Sessions' affirmation hearing. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Committee executive U.S. Representative John McCain (R-AZ) (L) invites resigned U.S. Marine Corps General James Mattis (R) to affirm before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his selection to serve as protection secretary in Washington, U.S. January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Mattis affirms before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his designation to serve as guard secretary in Washington, U.S. January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst