WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday said veterans and former Fox News host Pete Hegzes despite his history of scorning many allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct and lightly paring women in the military We have proceeded with the nomination.
Senator 51-49 Procedures Party-aligned policy agreed to begin discussions regarding Hegses’ nomination. Final votes are expected late Friday.
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats and independents against Hegzes.
Collins said she voted no because she believes Hegses “has none of the experience and perspectives needed to be successful at work.”
“I am also concerned about multiple statements in the months before he was nominated, including what Mr. Hegses made about women serving the military,” Collins wrote minutes after the vote. . She added, “I am not sure his position on women serving in combat roles has changed.”
Murkowski said he could not vote “conscientiously” for Hegseth for many reasons, including a history of mismanagement and alleged misconduct in two veteran organizations.
“Sexual assault and excessive drinking allegations do nothing to calm my concerns, but Hegseth has said that he has made the impossible judgments of those leading our army, including affairs on multiple occasions. It shows a lack. “She wrote to X on Thursday.
Leads consider background checks to be “inadequate”
New claims, like Tuesday It has surfaced From Hegses’ former step-sister, his second wife feared Hegses’ unstable behaviour, and the Army National Guard veteran was drunk in uniform at a strip club in Minneapolis, so his brother said he was He had to kick him out.
The allegations were revealed by Jack Reed, a ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Reed said that Hegses’s step-in-law required him to testify after an interview in December was not included in Hegs’ FBI background checks provided to committee members. .
Hegses’ lawyer and his second wife, Samantha, have denied the allegations.
Reid, a Rhode Island Democrat, said on the Senate floor on Thursday that the FBI’s background checks were “inadequate.”
The claim has been aired
Since President Donald Trump announced his pick in mid-November Appeal Hegus came one after another, including misconduct and mismanagement in two veteran service organizations that led following the deployment of Army service and combat during the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.
That was the Fox news host at the time in 2017. defendant Sexually attacking women in Monterey, California. Heggs later settled down with her.
Hegseth, 44, I said “I am not the perfect man who was recognized by Jesus and Jenny as saved by God’s grace,” he said at the January 14 confirmation hearing. The man who sat behind him during his hearing.
Democrats burned Hegzes in several aspects at the hearing, but especially his well-documented, Recentfor several years, commented that women should not serve in combat roles.
Veterans and TV personality Discussed In his latest book, The War on Warriors: Behind Behind Behind of the Men of the Men of the Us a Se Free, “Dad encourages us to take risks. Mama is the one who is us.” Put the training wheels on the bike. Mum is needed. But not in the military, especially in the combat units.”
Heggs, who? I made money Millions of Fox News hosts have written several books in its content before quitting in November. compare The 11th century crusades between Christians and Muslims become today’s “war for the soul of America.”
Last updated at 2:57pm, January 23, 2025
