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US Senate Votes on Pete Hegseth Nomination for Defense Secretary – RedState

The United States Senate has voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary, by a tally of 51-50.

As we wrote earlier on Friday, there was some concern over signs exhibited on Thursday evening that one senator could be waffling over voting to confirm Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department:





We always knew it was going to be tight, but North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis (R) has placed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense in further doubt with comments Thursday night that signaled he was not a firm yes. 

The vote is set for Friday night at 8:57 pm Eastern, following the 30 hours allotted post-cloture. 

Moore, though, added that “Tillis has not indicated how he plans to vote, though he’d previously vowed to vote in favor of confirmation if Hegseth made it to the Senate…

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