Four Republicans would have to join 47 democrats and independent senators who voted against the Hgenset to be rejected.
An unexpected voting McConslaw left the Senate 50-50 before Vens arrived to take the result.
Explaining his voice, McConselle made a shame, saying that Hugset was not ready to head a huge department of three million people, while managing a huge budget and coordinating actions with global allies.
The role of the Defense Minister is “a daily test with the stunning consequences for the security of the American people,” McConsel said. “Mr Hegset has not yet been able to demonstrate that he would pass this test.”
Upon approval by Hgegset, Vnes becomes only the second vice president in the history of the United States to approve the candidate for the cabinet. The previous Vice President of Trump, Mike Pence, became the first when he gave a decisive voice to approve Betsey Devos as Minister of Education in 2017.
“Military action, mortality, meritocracy, standards and readiness. That’s all. This is my work, ”Hugset said during the confirmation hearings earlier this month.
The Senators-Democrats questioned the Hegesset, a military veteran, to manage one of the largest agencies of the country.
The 44-year-old Hegset, a veteran of the Afghan and Iraq war, later worked in Fox. He has little traditional experience, expected for position in the National Security office – a position that is usually fulfilled by high -ranking civil servants, experienced politicians, generals and high -level executives.
The HEGSET hearings were also asked, especially the Senators, about his previous comments that women should not perform combat duties. He replied that he was not concerned about the participation of women in combat, but the preservation of a certain standard in the US Army.
The process of confirmation was marred by the allegations of misconduct. He was accused of sexual abuse of unnamed women in 2017 at the Monterey Hotel, California. He repeatedly denied the charge.
The recently appointed Defense Minister also faced charges of excessive alcohol use, including work activities, and infidelity in two previous marriages.
“I am not a perfect person, but the redeething is real,” he said during the hearings.
Earlier this week, his former daughter -in -law accused of alcohol and marriage abuse under the oath of the Congress committee. Hugset’s lawyer denied the allegations.
But many Republicans, including Trump, still support the Hugset.
For the senator from Alaska Lisa Murkovsky, a Republican, who voted against the confirmation on Friday, the past accusations helped to influence their voting.
In a statement, published a few days before the vote, she said his behavior in the past “demonstrate the lack of prudence, which is obscene who will rule our armed forces.”
Meanwhile, the senator from Maine Susan Collins, another republican who voted against Hgegset said that “he was concerned that he had no experience and prospects needed to succeed in this position.”
