There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third floor E Ring.
Vice President Vance defended new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him a “disrupter” who will prove “incredibly necessary.” Vance joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday
Pete Hegseth has been sworn as the secretary of defense, taking the oath from Vice President JD Vance less than 12 hours after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate.
More Trump nominees with potentially rocky paths to confirmation face hearings in the Senate this week, including Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel.
The Senate on Friday night confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, to become the country’s next defense secretary.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee joins Nicole Wallace on Deadline White House to preview Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense Secretary’s confirmation hearing set to take place with multiple outstanding questions remaining regarding allegations of financial mismanagement,
Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping a bruising two-month fight over the nominee, who faced a litany
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Those questions come a day after Danielle Hegseth, Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law, said in a sworn affidavit that Pete made his ex-wife, Samantha Hegseth, “fear for her safety” while they were married. The affidavit was submitted in response to a request for information sent by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the top Democrat on the committee.
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the media for the first time since being sworn in and vowed to carry out President Donald Trump’s orders “swiftly and without excuse.” Hegseth was confirmed on Friday by the narrowest possible margin when Vice President JD Vance cast the vote to break a 50-50 tie in the Senate,