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The Senate voted to confirm the President Donald Trump’s The candidate, Pete Hegseth, as Secretary of Defense on Friday night after a battle of great temperament to swing the legislators in favor who was almost derailed by allegations about their behavior.
The final vote was reduced to the thread: three Republicans opposed, making a vote of 50 to 50. The Vice President JD Vance was needed to break the tie in the upper chamber, putting the end at 51-50.
“Congratulations to Pete Hegseth. He will make a great Secretary of Defense!” Trump wrote about social truth after Hegseth’s confirmation.
The two moderate Republican women of the Senate: Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted no. Like Senator Mitch McConnell, R-KY., The former GOP leader.
Moderated Republican Murkowski will not choose Trump Hegseth again for Secretary of Defense
Hegseth denied all allegations of sexual, physical or alcohol abuse. (Tom Williams)
North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis was not given, and did not reveal his position until the vote was already underway. Finally, he said he would support Trump’s choice, giving him sufficient support to confirm with Vance’s helpless vote.
In his reasoning, Murkowski cited infidelity, “complaints of sexual assault and excessive drinks” and previous hegseth comments on women served in the army.
The behaviors he has admitted alone, he said, show “a lack of judgment that is not obliged to someone who would direct our armed forces.”
Hegseth arrived at Capitol for Confirmation Vote. (Fox News)
Veterans worried about America (CVA), the non -profit defense group at the center of many of the allegations filed during the Confirmation view of Hegseth, praised their confirmation in a statement.
“The confirmation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense presents a real opportunity to prioritize the security and prosperity of our citizens, to camp the prudence and effectiveness in our Defense Strategy and to focus our Department of Defense on the most interests America’s vital, “read the statement.
It New Yorker reported In December that Hegseth was forced to leave the CVA, the group that ran, due to allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual improper and personal misconduct.
All Democrats opposed confirmation, far from a previous vote this week, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio was Unanimously confirmed, 99-0.
Hegseth will now direct the largest government agency, after promising for a long time to take root the measures of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in each branch.
Hegseth is an old Fox News Weekend host. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Hegseth erases Senate’s obstacle and advances to a final confirmation vote
The pentagon under Trump, however, has not waited a confirmed secretary.
This week, the commander of the Air forceThe 613rd Hawaii Air Operations Center, which had defended more women in roles like the own, was removed from their position. General Kevin Schneider, Commander of the Pacific Air Force, relieved his heart. Julie Sposito-Salceies from the Pearl Harbor-Hickam joint base“Due to the loss of confidence in their ability to command the organization.”
Shortly after Trump took office, Coast The commander, Linda Fagan, the first uniformed woman to lead any military branch, was withdrawn from her position.
Trump this week also appointed the expaacity of space force, Colonel Matthew Lohmeier and former Lieutenant Marine of Colonel Stuart Scheller, in more important places in the Department of Defense, both men deeply critical of the administration’s policies. from biden to the pentagon.
Lohmeier, who had been nominated for Serve as a unique air force, was He fired as Commander of the Eleventh Space Aderta Squad at Buckley’s Air Force base, after writing a book and appeared in podcasts, saying that Marxism had infiltrated the armed forces and criticized policies. of diversity.
The Trump Administration has already taken steps despite not having confirmed a secretary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Scheller made headlines to publish videos in uniform criticizing high military leaders for the withdrawal of Afghanistan. Scheller, the new principal advisor to the Department of Defense under the Secretary of Personnel and the Preparation, was sent to Bergantia and marked the clips.
The candidacy for Hegseth was treated a last-minute obstacle earlier this week when reports appeared that his ex-German felt that he had abused his second wife.
On Tuesday, Fox News won a sworn statement from Hegseth’s former sister , fear for your safety. Danielle Hegseth before married to Pete Hegseth’s brother and has no relation to Samantha.
But Danielle Hegseth added that he never witnessed any abuse, physicist or sexual, by Pete against Samantha.
Samantha Hegseth has also denied any physical abuse in a statement to NBC News.
Senate Armed Services President Roger Wicker said in a statement Wednesday night This reports that “on a confidential information session on Pete Hegseth’s FBI research research I received last week, they are inaccurate and inaccurate”, and is next to Hegseth’s nomination.
Wicker had been supported by Hegseth’s candidacy. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Thursday before, leader of the senator’s minorities Chuck SchumerDn.y., urged Republicans to unite him to oppose the former Fox News host and the National Guardsman army.
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“Hegseth is so unskilled, there is there (like) … one of the worst candidates who could run,” said Schumer.
Hegseth, who has married three times, has admitted that he was a “serial cheater” before turning into a Christian and married his current wife, Jenny.
The 44 -year -old army Veteran of the National Guard, who made visits to Iraq and Afghanistan, he is relatively young and without experience, compared to the Secretaries of Defense in the past, withdrawing as the greater. But Republicans say they do not want someone to have reached the upper brass who have taken root in the establishment of the Pentagon.
