Senate Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump is ready to confirm the candidate for the Secretary of the President Friday afternoon.
Although Hegseth’s appointment has address the exam From some Republicans of the Senate, it is likely to be confirmed to be confirmed only with the support of Republicans to study his appointment in front of the High Chamber.
Hegseth, a shape “Fox and Friends” TV anchorTrump named November to correct the Department of Defense. Since its appointment was announced, it has been fly Examined by several indictments Made against him, two different veteran organizations including sexual assault and bad financial management.
Harm denies hard allegations. He appeared in front of the Armed Senate Commission for a public audition at the beginning of this month, where he confirmed that he was “changed man” at the table.
“I’m not the perfect person, but the redemption is real,” the panel said.
Pete Hegseth, candidate for Donald Trump to Secretary of Defense, declared the Capitol Hill of the Senate Armed Services, on 14 January 2025, in Washington.
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In the same audition, Doden reaffirmed the “Ethos war fight”, highlighting the experience of the National Guard.
It was enough to win the support of most Republicans in the Senate, among those who were initially skeptical.
“He expressed a clear view of the Pentagon, and the fresh energy that he heard was clear to shake the bureaucracy of the department”, the president of the Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker, the President of the Senate Armed Services. The Commission said he supported Hegseth on Thursday. “The war will recover an ethos fight and focus on the basic mission of military military: avoiding conflicts and, if necessary, win a war.”
The Commission of Armed Services of the Senate advanced his designation on Monday vote for the parties. Then, at a time, at a time observed on Thursday, the Hegseth appointment exceeded a main test voting set on Friday.
The appointment was just a mere majority in the Senate to move forward, and cleaned the narrow limit, only with the protection of goop.
But Hegseth lost the support of two Republican Senate in that Thursday vote. These two Republicans, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, again expected to vote against Hegseth in the last Friday vote.
In a statement, Murkowski explained that he could not help Hegseth because of the worry of this character and lack of experience.
“I think this nature should be considered as a characteristic of the defense clerk and should be taken priority without obligation,” Murkowski said in the message. “The leader of the Department of Defense must show and model the behavior and nature we expect from all the services, and Mr. Hegset creates great concerns that I cannot forget to forgetting for this task.”
Lisa Murkowski will go to the Senator Chamber of the Born-Alive abortion Survivors Survivors Protection Acta, 22 January 2025 in Washington.
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Collins fell into the past because women did not meet women in the military in the past. Even since Hegset has changed his melody, Collins said he was not convinced.
“Many expressions that Mr. Hegset about women who are serving in the soldiers, among other things, some of the months previously appointed,” Collins said. “He and I had an honest conversation about their past expressions and apparently evolving perspectives. I am not convinced that he has changed his attitude towards women who are fighting roles.”
Trump expressed the trust of Hegseth before Friday’s vote, but he added: “You will never know what will happen.”
The other two Republicans, the Senator Mitch of Kentucky, the Senators of the GOP, the Senators of the North Carolina, eventually had the opportunity to change the opinion of Hegseth’s appointment, and the president of the last Friday McConnell questioned the negative vote Hegseth on Friday morning.
Tillis said, for example, he was still studying the newest complaint against Hegseth, in Hegseth’s brotherhood in the sworn statement of Danielle Hegset. In that sworn tax return, What ABC News gotDanielle Hegseth proved that the former wife of Pete Hegseth said Samantha “once he was hidden in Hegset’s wardrobe, because he was afraid of his personal safety,” they shared their wedding at home. It also determines Pete Hegset’s Binge Drinking episodes.
The candidate for Donald Trump President Pete Hegseth defense is a candidate John Cornyn’s Senator in Washington, December 10, 2024.
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Pete Hegseth’s lawyer denied these accusations, and the allegations of abuse also pulled his ex-wife.
Tillis said he has not found a credible evidence to protect a lot of complaints against Pete Hegset, but is still doing the study of these latest developments.
“I am in the process of completing the diligence corresponding to the seeming allegation. Everyone else I couldn’t conclude that they had validity,” Tillis said Thursday. “So I’m talking to people who have given me data entries. Everything goes to the same thing: first hand, eye witness, checked account.”
Pete Hegset may lose three Republicans when they vote on Friday. If a Republican flows his vote, JD Vance will need to confirm the vote for breaking the Vice-President of JD Verv.
