Pete Hegset approved as Minister of Defense Trump

Pete Hegset, Donald Trump’s candidate for the US Secretary of Defense, was approved by the Senate late on Friday after he collided with misconduct that almost thwarted his approval.

Vice President J. D. Vens gave a decisive vote in favor of Hgegset after three republican senators, including the former leader of the majority in the Senate Mitch McConsel, voted against him.

During the Heagset Confirmation Hearing he encountered many questions accusation of sexual abuseWhat he denied, as well as infidelity and drunkenness.

Former fighting veteran and a one -time Fox News TV presenter will manage a three million employees and a $ 849 billion budget (695 billion pounds).

Four Republicans would have to join 47 democrats and independent senators who voted against the Hgenset to be rejected.

An unexpected voting McConslaw left the Senate 50-50 before Vens arrived to take the result.

Vens is only the second vice president in the US history to break the draw to confirm the candidate for the cabinet. The previous Vice-President of Trump, Mike Pence, became the first when he broke the tie to approve Betsy Devos as Minister of Education in 2017.

“Military action, mortality, meritocracy, standards and readiness. That’s all. This is my work, ”Hugset said during the confirmation hearings earlier this month.

The Senators-Democrats questioned the Hegesset, a military veteran, to manage one of the largest agencies of the country.

The 44-year-old Hegset, a veteran of the Afghan and Iraq war, later worked in Fox. He has little traditional experience, expected for position in the National Security office – a position that is usually fulfilled by high -ranking civil servants, experienced politicians, generals and high -level executives.

The HEGSET hearings were also asked, especially the Senators, about his previous comments that women should not perform combat duties. He replied that he was not concerned about the participation of women in combat, but the preservation of a certain standard in the US Army.

The process of confirmation was marred by the allegations of misconduct. He was accused of sexual abuse of unnamed women in 2017 at the Monterey Hotel, California. He repeatedly denied the charge.

The recently appointed Defense Minister also faced charges of excessive alcohol use, including work activities, and infidelity in two previous marriages.

“I am not a perfect person, but the redeething is real,” he said during the hearings.

Earlier this week, his former daughter -in -law accused of alcohol and marriage abuse under the oath of the Congress committee. Hugset’s lawyer denied the allegations.

But many Republicans, including Trump, still support the Hugset.

For the senator from Alaska Lisa Murkovsky, a Republican, who voted against the confirmation on Friday, the past accusations helped to influence their voting.

In a statement, published a few days before the vote, she said his behavior in the past “demonstrate the lack of prudence, which is obscene who will rule our armed forces.”

Meanwhile, the senator from Maine Susan Collins, another republican who voted against Hgegset said that “he was concerned that he had no experience and prospects needed to succeed in this position.”