The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth's position late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth gives a thumbs up while leaving the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.January 25, 2025 6:11 AM EST
“We have a great secretary of defense and we’re very happy,” Trump said as he boarded Air Force One after surveying fire devastation in California. “Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to offer?” said Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, urging his colleagues to think seriously about their vote. All Democrats opposed the nominee.
“He’s a good man," Trump said of Hegseth while departing the White House to visit disaster-hit North Carolina and Los Angeles."I hope he makes it.” But Tillis ultimately voted to confirm Hegseth, who he said “has a unique perspective” and is passionate about modernizing the military. He said he spoke to Hegseth for “nearly two hours” about his concerns.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said there were few Trump nominees as “dangerously and woefully unqualified as Hegseth.”Hegseth faced allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Republican conference in California, though he has denied the claims and said the encounter was consensual. He later paid $50,000 to the woman.
Hegseth's comments that women should have no role in military combat drew particular concern, including from lawmakers who themselves served. He has since tempered those views as he met with senators during the confirmation process.
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