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Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary—Capitol Hill Reacts

President Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was confirmed Friday, ending one of the most contentious and vital confirmation battles of Trump’s early administration.

He was confirmed thanks to a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance, who noted, with laughing-crying emjoi in a X post, “I thought I was done voting in the senate”.

Hegseth, an Army veteran and former Fox News anchor, is the epitome of Donald Trump’s campaign to dethrone the established elites from their seats of power, as he does not come from a high-ranking position in the armed forces. He has passionately advocated for the end of woke-ness in the military.

Hegseth faced a salvo of accusations related to his relationships with alcohol and women, and whether he had the professional…

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