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Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as defense secretary

The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to cast the tiebreaking vote. Hegseth’s nomination had been hampered by allegations of misconduct.

The New York Times · 3d

Pete Hegseth Is Sworn In as Defense Secretary After Being Confirmed by Slim Margin

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

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The State (Columbia, SC) on MSN · 11d

The North Carolina reason Pete Hegseth isn’t qualified to be defense secretary | Opinion

Hegseth wants to restore honor to Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the native North Carolinian whose name was replaced at Fort Bragg last year. | Opinion

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Affidavit by Hegseth's ex-sister-in-law makes new claims about his behavior

Hegseth was voted out of committee Monday along party lines. The Senate is expected to take up his nomination soon; it is ...

Why Pete Hegseth’s scandal-plagued record didn’t derail his nomination

As the dust settles on the fight over Pete Hegseth's nomination, his confirmation is emblematic of a larger truth about the state of Republican politics.

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How each senator voted on the Hegseth nomination

The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, ...

New York Post13d

Sen. Joni Ernst officially backs Pete Hegseth for top Pentagon post: ‘Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense’

“Our next commander in chief selected Pete Hegseth to serve in this role ... to be the warfighters’ biggest champion,” the South Carolina Republican said in a statement.

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