The Vice president of the United States besides serves as president of the Senate, so he could find the result of the vote. Previously, Hegsetha voted against Three Republicans: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell.
In the past, Hegseth was a National defender officer, and led 2 veteran organizations in the United States. However, it was removed from both groups after financial difficulties. The fresh head of the Pentagon, however, is best known for his tv career, was co-host of breakfast programmes In Fox News.
In fresh weeks, American media have repeatedly described controversy around Hegseth's candidacy. These are allegations of sexual assault, drunkenness at work, financial problems of the veteran organizations he directed, and home force against his second wife.
A fresh imagination for the Pentagon. precedence Asia and China
The procedure for approving Hegseth's fresh position was besides stormy, as it revealed that the politician had paid $50,000 to the female who accused him of sexual assault in 2017. Hegseth consistently rejected the accusations, calling them an component of “a run of slander.”
As for plans for the Pentagon, Hegseth signaled that he wanted to return to "death" military, reject diversity programs, strengthen the arms manufacture and transfer US attention from Europe and the mediate East to Asia. He besides stressed the importance of competition with China.
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– First and foremost, we will defend our homeland, our borders and our heaven. Secondly, we will work with our partners and allies to halt Indo-Pacific aggression from Communist Chinese. Finally, we will responsibly end wars to guarantee that we give precedence to our resources to refocus them on the top threats," Hegseth said during the proceeding before the legislature committee.
As for the war in Ukraine, he explicitly advocated ending the conflict. We know who the aggressor is. We know who the good guy is. We'd like it to be as beneficial to the Ukrainians as possible, but this war must end – he emphasized.
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