Senator Mitch McConnell, RK. Trump administration.
The voices of other Republicans “La” came from the moderate Lisa Morakovsky, RA Alaska, and Susan Collins, R. Men, forcing Vice President JD Vance to break the 50-50 tie to confirm President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Pentagon.
“The most deported cabinet officials in any department is the Minister of Defense,” McConnell wrote, explaining his opposition to Higseth. “In the face of the most dangerous threats to US national security services since World War II, this position is more important today.”
He said: “The main opponents are close to undermining American interests all over the world.” “American military capabilities and defensive industrial capacity are increasingly sufficient to deter or prevail in a major conflict with China or Russia, especially given the real risks of simultaneous challenges from other opponents such as Iran or North Korea.”
The Pentagon leadership confirmed after VP VANCE threw a tie
Senator Mitch McConnell, RK, takes a question from a reporter during a press conference after a lunch for republican policy in the weekly Senate in the American Capitol on November 19, 2024, in Washington, DC, (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Higseth, a former host in Fox News, faced questions before confirming his betrayal, allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking, and his previous comments oppose women Martial roles in the army And its leadership capabilities.
She got married three times, and Higseth admitted that he was a “serial blurring” before he became a Christian and married his current wife Jenny. He also said that he originally opposed the women to fight, before he later said that he only opposes women's standards in fighting that is different from those of men. Higseth denied in addition to the allegations of sexual assault and said he would refrain from alcohol as defense minister.
“Dust on boots” referring to HegSeth Military Service “fails even to distinguish between this candidate from multiple former former in the past decade. A job.”
“The active management of nearly 3 million military and civilian individuals, and an annual budget of about $ 1 trillion, and alliances and partnerships around the world are a daily test with severe consequences for the security of the American people and our global interests,” Senator Senator said. . “So far, Mr. Higseth has failed to prove that this test will take place. But as he takes office, the consequences of failure are high as they were ever.”
The Higseth House witnessed during the session of confirmation of armed services in the Senate in the Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
McConnell stressed that Higseth, in his testimony before the Armed Services Committee, “was not counted with this reality that” the United States “faces the coordinated aggression from the opponents who intend to destroy, which supports US security and prosperity.”
“President Trump has called for the NATO allies to spend more on our collective defense. But the candidate who was responsible for leading this effort will not even commit to American defense investment beyond the low strip set by Biden's Budget Budget requests. McConnell said.
Senator also said that Higseth's testimony lacks “big notes on how to defend Taiwan or the Philippines against a Chinese attack, or even if he believes the United States should do so.” McConnell said that Higseth failed “to express any detail of a strategic vision to deal with the finest long -term threat that arises” From China.
Higseth House upon completion of his confirmation session before the Senate Armed Services Committee, in Capitol, Washington, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
In addition, McConnell pointed out that there is no “fundamental discussion” about “confronting our opponents” with the deepest alliance relations and the most comprehensive defensive industrial cooperation.
“This, of course, is due to change,” McConnell said. As the twenty -ninth Minister of Defense, Mr. Higseth will be tested immediately through the ongoing conflicts arising from the Russian aggression in Europe and Iranian -backed terrorism in the Middle East. He will have to struggle with the process of allocating the incomplete FY25 stage – without its intervention – the risks are more ready Our forces.
He added: “By all the standards, the brave youth and women join the army with an understanding that it is worthy.” “This precious confidence does not explode until as long as the legal civil leadership supports what should be a protection wall between the two columns and politics. The Biden administration has failed in this basic task. But restoring the” warrior culture “will not come from the circulation of one group of cultural warriors for another.”
