EXCLUSIVE — The Senate Armed Services Committee has advanced nearly two dozen of President Donald Trump’s Pentagon nominees already, twice as many as any administration has in this time frame since the start of the century.

The committee’s efficiency, led by Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), has occurred despite near-uniform opposition from the Democratic Party, which has been ineffective in stopping many of the president’s choices to lead the military.

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