On Friday, January 24, US senators approved Pete Hegseth as the new Secretary of Defense. And since the candidacy proposed by Donald Trump did not initially receive the support of a significant number of senators, the voice of the vice president of James Vance was decisive, the New York Times reports.

Representatives of the Democratic Party criticized the campaign veteran in Afghanistan and Iraq, leading Fox News for its insufficient qualifications, calling it unusable for the army’s management and almost 850-milliardous budget of the US Department of Defense. At the same time, three Republicans joined the democrats opposed to the appointment. For example, Mitch McConnell believes that Hegseth failed to formulate in detail a strategic vision for relations with China during the Senate hearings.. Apparently, the Republican believes, the Hegset did not take into account the reality that the United States faces coordinated aggression by opponents who are striving to destroy the order underlying American security and prosperity and could not show that he is ready to take this test of testing.

In addition, the candidacy of the Hegset was considered controversial because of the charges of rape against him that happened in California in September 2017. Hegseth denies his guilt, but admitted that he paid 50 thousand dollars to the woman, concluding a settlement agreement with her.

As a result, during the voting the votes were divided 50 to 50. After that, the Vice President took advantage of his power to give his decisive voice for Pyegset, making it the new head of the Pentagon. Hegseth himself said he would “bring a warrior spirit” to the US Department of Defense.

The final result of 51 to 50 marked the second-closest confirmation gap in history for the Secretary of Defense position since its creation in 1947. Almost all recent defense secretaries have gone through final votes. For example, President Joe Biden's Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was confirmed by a vote of 93 to 2.. The Senate voted 98 against 1 for the approval of Jim Mattis, the first chapter of the Pentagon President Trump, and 90 versus 8 for his successor Mark Esper. Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator, won a narrow victory in 2013 despite opposition from 41 members of his own party because of his skeptical views on the Iraq War. But John Tower, President George H. W. Bush's nominee, was defeated 47 to 53 in 1989 amid allegations of alcohol abuse and womanizing..

After the beginning of a full -scale invasion, Hegset called Putin a " Therefore, he believed, it is necessary to provide Ukraine with what it needs, rather than the United States, accusing the Biden administration of slowness and indecision.

At the same time, Pete Highset criticizes NATO and does not believe that after the conquest of Ukraine Vladimir Putin will attack other countries in Europe. In his opinion, the motive of the head of the Kremlin in this war sounds like "

Recall that the focus was already understanding what to expect the world and Ukraine from the new head of the Pentagon.

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