WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, vowed to maintain the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency as he prepared to face questions from U.S. senators on Thursday on how he will implement Trump's tax cut, tariff and deregulation plans.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee Thursday as lawmakers consider the Republican's nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands and waters. President-elect Donald Trump in November tapped Burgum to be interior secretary and to lead the new National Energy Council,

The U.S. Senate energy panel said on Monday the nomination hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum, will take place on Thursday instead of Tuesday, blaming a "bureaucratic delay" with a federal ethics office.

Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The former Texas congressman is in line to lead the nation's premier spy agency, responsible for foreign covert operations and collecting data on U.S. adversaries.

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Selections for attorney general, secretary of homeland security, secretary of state and Treasury secretary are among those set to have hearings this week.

Confirmation hearings for US Treasury secretaries often set key markers for the nominee’s priorities and principles once in office, heightening focus on Thursday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing with President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to fill the post: Scott Bessent.

Senate committees began confirmation hearings Tuesday - starting with Pete Hegseth for defense secretary - for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.