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Congratulations to @PeteHegseth, our new Secretary of Defense! Pete will bring transformative change, refocusing our military on lethality and recruiting efforts. I can’t wait to see what a great job he will do."
Is Pete Hegseth really the best Republicans have to lead the greatest military in the world?"
It was an honor to be in the fight with my friend, and your SecDef: @PeteHegseth,
He did an excellent job during a very contentious hearing and withstood all the attacks that came his way,
He is the change agent that the DOD desperately needs,
Our troops deserve better than someone as erratic and unqualified as Pete Hegseth,
Mere desire to be a ‘change agent’ is not enough to fill these shoes,
McConnell said in a statement We have a great secretary of defense and we’re very happy,
Trump said as he boarded Air Force One after surveying fire devastation in California I believe Hegseth has an alcohol abuse problem and was abusive to his ex-wife Samantha,
the affidavit said, though it noted Pete's a very, very good man."
Trump has stood by him, telling reporters Friday Effective management of nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel, an annual budget of nearly $1 trillion, and alliances and partnerships around the world is a daily test with staggering consequences for the security of the American people and our global interests,
McConnell, who leads the panel that oversees Pentagon spending, said in a Friday statement The US military needs to confront the reality and perception that it has become too focused on political issues of social justice, political correctness, critical race theory, climate change, etc.,
Hegseth wrote in response to written questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee We have not had a secretary of defence like Hegseth before,
said Jeremi Suri, a University of Texas, Austin, history professor and presidential scholar It means certainly that Trump has enormous leverage over the Republican Party and over members of the Senate,
We've seen it happen in other places around the world, where militaries are undermined and subjected by political leaders that have a particular political point of view and passion, and they become essentially not an army but an extension of the political aspirations of the Great Leader. We can't see that here in America,
We undertook this responsibility with obligation to the troops to do right by them, for our war fighters. And what became very evident to us from the beginning, there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us that was clear from moment one. And that it wasn't about me. Most of it was about President Donald Trump, who's had to endure the very same thing for much longer amounts of time, and he endured it — to his credit — in incredibly strong ways,
Hegseth said during his confirmation We're hiring you to be the CEO of one of the most complex, largest organizations in the world. We're the board of directors here. I don't know of any corporate board of directors that would hire a CEO, that said, you know, ‘I supervised 100 people before,’
Democratic Senator Gary Peters Mr. Hegseth will bring energy and fresh ideas to shake up the bureaucracy. He will focus relentlessly on the war fighter and the military's core missions, deterring wars and winning the ones we must fight,
Wicker said during the confirmation hearings You lack the character and composure and competence to hold the positions of defense,
Getting anything that doesn't contribute to our democracy out of how decisions are made inside the Pentagon. What gender you are. What race you are. Your views on climate change. Your conscience and your faith should have no bearing on whether you get promoted or whether you're selected to go to West Point or where you go to school. Only thing that should matter is, ‘How capable are you at your job? How excellent are you at your job?’
Asked how he sees his potential role, Hegseth replied
