Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Also voting "no" were three Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and ... Senate Armed Services Chair Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., strongly supports Hegseth.

Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska ... Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) hinted before the vote that there might be some late-night drama. Asked if ...

Susan Collins, of Maine ... ideas to shake up the department's stagnant bureaucracy," Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a floor speech ...

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of ... "I made the right vote," Collins said. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ...

Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell joined ... to inject politics into the system,” he said. SASC Chair Roger Wicker, in a Thursday floor speech following Reed’s, said Hegseth ...

The vote was 51-49, with two Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine ... The final confirmation vote is expected on Friday. Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the ...