After a Senator checked Hegousz a little before, Pete Hegousz was sworned as the Secretary of Defense by Vice President JD Vans on Saturday. Trump’s pick accused him of inappropriate and inappropriate, surviving a bruising that was inappropriate to supervise the budget of nearly $ 850 billion in Pentagon and Pentagon. I did it.
Vice President Vans was voted for Taiblk to confirm Hegousz after the mainstates of Susan Collins, Lisa Marcovsky in Alaska, and Mitch McConnel in Kentucky. I had to do it.
According to the Senate’s record, the final voting was 51-50, the minimum margin for confirming the Secretary of Defense since his duties in 1947.
Hesthes, a military veteran and former Fox News host, pledged to bring the spirit of the self -described “warrior” to the Ministry of Defense.
The Republican leaders accepted the outlook when he supported his confirmation.
Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican member of Mississippi, and Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the armed service panel, said, “We cannot wait another minute to rebuild. We cannot wait for another minute. The army may put the fighter first. “
However, the Democratic Party members, who were unanimously opposed to Hesces’s confirmation, promised to continue his scrutiny.
“I intend to look like a hawk,” said Senator Jack Reed, a member of Road Island, a top Democratic Party member of the armed service panel, added as follows and said, “I pointed out where we don’t agree. I will be responsible for it.
President Trump’s selection and confirmation process became complicated by the abused, public drunken, and incorrect accusations of the two non -profit enrolled groups.
In an oath statement submitted to the Senate on Tuesday, Hesthes’s former sister -in -law stated that he was frequently drunk and “abused.” 44 -year -old HegSeth denied his account with his other claims.
And on Thursday, the office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic Party of Massachusetts, shared her written answer to Hix, and in 2017 he accused him of sexual assault. I revealed that I paid.
He says that the encounter was an agreement and had never been charged with a crime.
A handful of Republican members personally said that he was concerned about a new petition for his oath of his vocabulary from Daniel Dite Trich Hegouses, his former wife of Hegzes. But ultimately, only Collins, Murkovsky, and McConel voted for the Democratic Party for his confirmation.
Hegouses said she submitted her oath statement after the voting. “There are many reasons why women move forward by name and dislike the truth about powerful men like him,” she said. “What happened today is to keep women who have experienced abuse and abuse from getting closer.”
Neither of the three Republican members who voted against the confirmation did not quote the petition for oath or personal misconduct as a reason for the decision to disagree with Mr. Hix, but Murkovski said. I don’t do anything to calm my concerns. “
McConnel emphasized in his estimation that Hegouses did not provide a sufficient understanding of the national security issues to handle the work of the Secretary of Defense.
“Effective management of nearly 3 million soldiers and civilians, an annual budget of $ 1 trillion, alliance and partnership around the world is a daily test with tremendous results,” Makonel explained. I mentioned in the statement. He added as follows: HEGSETH still fails to prove to pass this test. “
Hesces’s opposition was eager to beat Senator Tom Tilis, the fourth Republican member of North Carolina. Tilis has pledged to make a “duewage statement” for filing to Hegzes, including the people of his vocabulary from his sister -in -law. He seemed to shake and then voted for confirmation.
“Pete has a unique perspective as a veteran of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is suspected to modernize our army and support a brave patriot like our own country. He is passionate, “he said in a statement explaining his choice. He added, “I am looking forward to rebuilding President Trump’s peace through agenda of strength and cooperating with him to move forward.”
Almost all recent defense secretaries have passed the final vote. Lloyd J. Austin III was confirmed from 93 votes to two votes from 93 votes. The Senate voted from 98 to 1 to confirm 90 to 8 for Trump’s first Pentagon Chief, Jimmatis, and Mark Esper, a successor.
There are exceptions. Chuck Hagel, a former Republican Senator, won a narrow victory in 2013, despite the opposition from 41 members of his own party against his skepticism on the Iraq war. John G -G. Tower, a candidate for President George HW Bush, lost 47 to 53 in 1989 in the alcohol abuse and feminization claims.
Hegousz made a similar claim, which was another time from another time.
Haguel did not actually recover from the Senate wounds and resigned two years later in his term. Matisse resigned with RE for two years for Trump’s view of the world and allies, and Esper was fired by Trump a year and a half after his work.
Mr. Trump temporarily considered dropping Hesces in the resistance of both parties Senator. But Mr. Trump dug out. In his confirmation hearing, Hesces called him a “anonymous coating sample.”
Hesthes’ second wife, Samantha Hegouses, publicly says he has never been physically abused her. However, Trump’s migration stakeholders last week, according to the leaders of the Armed Service Committee, those who have the knowledge of the survey results, HEGSETH has been drinking excessively during the background interview. I told you that I told you.
A member of the Senator Jack Lead, a member of Road Island, a top Democratic Party member of the armed service panel, explained the results of the survey, said that the reporter’s survey was “true and accurate.” Senator Roger Wicker, a member of the Mississippi Republican member, and the chairman of the panel were also explained, and their characteristics were called “rigorous and virtually incorrectly accurate.”
Sharon Lafraniere has contributed to the report.
