The U.S. Senate is set to begin hearings on Jan. 14 to consider the first of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Much of the attention during the hearings is likely to focus on Pete Hegseth, a former Minnesota Army National Guard officer, whom Trump has nominated for the role of secretary of defense. The Senate Armed Services Committee, leading off Hegseth’s confirmation process, could question him about his plans to reorient the military’s warfighting focus and his views on women serving in combat roles. Separately, the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee had scheduled a Tuesday hearing to consider Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. It has since postponed the hearing to Jan. 21….