Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for the Minister of Defense, won the Senate
Pete HegsethA fighting veteran of the National Guard and a former Fox News, currently the Minister of Defense after narrow His Senate confirm On Friday night. Vice president JD Vance Voting to break after three Republican SenatorsSusan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell of kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska –went against Donald TrumpTheir choice to lead the army is the most funded in the world.
Hegseth’s confirmation is the thinnest in history, with four previous candidates for the Minister of Defense, which received 90 or more votes, a clear difference from Hegseth’s controversial path to the shoulder. This game. Every other man who used to be a defense secretary came from high -ranking positions in politics, industry or military. As some members of the Senate Service Committee have pointed out in the confirmation sessions at the beginning of this month, Hegseth, 44 years old, lacks Expected work level For the role and, at much point, unsuccessful reply Specific questions are directly related to work responsibility. During Hegseth’s confirmation of hearing, and in the previous weeks, he was assigned to answer allegations. Sexual attackPhysical and verbal abuseThe viewpoint of regression for women in the army, and Failure management wrong At the two veteran concentrated organizations he runs. (Hegseth has repeatedly denied these allegations and thought he was the victim of a media attack against him.)
The leader of the Ministry of Defense must show and model the standards of behavior and personality that we expect in all the soldiers, and Mr. Hegseth’s nomination for this role pose worrying concerns. I can’t ignore it, speak Thursday in a long statement. With the global security environment we are operating, it is important that we have to confirm a defense minister, however, I am sorry that I could not support Mr. Hegseth.
While I appreciated his courageous military service and his continuous commitment to the waiters and their families, Mr. Collins Collins said, I was concerned that he had no experience. And the viewpoint is needed to succeed at work.
According to all accounts, the brave young men and women join the army with the understanding that it is a merit. This precious trust only exists as long as the legal civil leader maintains what must be a firewall between service and political staff, Mr. McC McCellell speak After voting. The Biden government failed in this basic mission. But the recovery of ‘warrior culture’ will not come from trading a set of cultural warriors for others, he added, refer to Hegseth’s promise To bring a warrior culture of the Viking people to the Pentagon.
Like his new boss, Hegseth Marriage three times. His first marriage with his high school lover ended in divorce due to his unfaithfulness. While that divorce was happening, Hegseth was dating Samantha DeeringHe was married in 2010 and had three children. That marriage ended in 2017 after the wife filed for divorce after Hegseth had a child with his producer Fox News, Jennifer Raachet. In 2019, Hegseth and Raachet said ‘I did’ at Trump’s New Jersey golf course.
Hegseth, like Trump and some other men close to the president, have been accused of sexual assault. EQUAL Vanity Fair‘S Gabriel Sherman writtenTrump’s transition officials were covered by an allegation of Hegseth’s sexual miscondition against a woman at a Republican Women’s Conference in Monterey, California, in October 2017, 2017, At the same time, Hegseth was still married to Deering and right after Raachet gave birth to his son. according to to Senator Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts, who asked Hegseth about the incident during his confirmation sessions.
