Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after rare tiebreaking vote by vice president
The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary by the narrowest of margins, elevating an Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host to the top Pentagon job with the help of a rare tie-breaking vote by the vice president.
Pete Hegseth Begins Role as Secretary of Defense
Vice President JD Vance on Saturday swore Pete Hegseth, a former Army National Guard officer, into office as the 29th secretary of defense, DOD News reported Monday. Hegseth received Senate confirmation on Friday evening. During his Jan. 14 confirmation hearing, Hegseth cited the need to reinstate the warrior culture within the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled Trump would sign executive orders intended to roll back diversity initiatives and ...
Pete Hegseth is set to take the hot seat before ... The 44-year-old Army National Guard veteran, who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is relatively young and inexperienced compared to ...
As secretary of defense, Hegseth would channel his boss’s blend of jingoism and anger to fundamentally alter the character of ...
Pete Hegseth looked great. That square jaw remained at a constant determined jut.
Pete Hegseth ... and excellence." Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and the National Guard in New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Washington, ...
What does Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth, whose confirmation hearing ... Trump values personal loyalty above ...
Pete Hegseth vowed to restore “warrior ... You are not that person,” she said. Hegseth’s experience in the Army National Guard is widely viewed as an asset for the job and he peppered ...
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Assault allegations, women in combat: Takeaways from Hegseth confirmation hearingWASHINGTON − Senators pressed Pete Hegseth on his alleged history of ... to assess if he is up to the job of Secretary of ...
Trump was expected to sign a flurry of executive orders Monday, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing vaccines, ...
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