Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Secretary of Defense on Saturday after a narrow Senate vote confirmed his nomination. The vote, split 50-50, required Vice President JD Vance to cast the tie-breaking vote. Former GOP leader Mitch McConnell joined Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, along with all Democrats, in voting against Hegseth. Hegseth is a former Fox News host and National Guard veteran, vowed to restore the Department of Defense’s “warfighting ethos” and emphasized his commitment to putting “America First.” His nomination faced intense scrutiny over past misconduct allegations, which he has denied. McConnell criticized Hegseth’s lack of experience in managing the department’s vast operations.
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00:02Hegseth was sworn in as Secretary of Defense on Saturday after a narrow Senate vote confirmed
00:07his nomination. The vote split 50-50 required Vice President J.D. Vance to cast the tie-breaking vote.
00:13Former GOP leader Mitch McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski
00:18along with all Democrats in voting against Hegseth. Hegseth is a former Fox News host
00:23and National Guard veteran, vowed to restore the Department of Defense's warfighting ethos
00:28and emphasized his commitment to putting America first. His nomination faced intense scrutiny over
00:34past allegations of misconduct, which he has denied. McConnell criticized Hegseth's lack
00:40of experience for managing the Department's vast operations. For all things money, visit
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