The new US Minister of Defense Pete Heggeth is known as a faithful supporter of Trump. The Democrats did not consider him a qualified and appropriate Minister of Defense.
The US Senate has been approved Pete Heggethin44, the country’s new Minister of Defense.
The Senate’s vote was extremely tight. The sounds were divided into 50-50 and the vice president JD VANCE In the end, he had to solve the flat result with his own voice.
Heggeth’s name was opposed by all Democrats, non -attached and republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell.
Heggeeth is a former Fox News presenter from Harvard and a war veteran in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Earlier in the consultation of the congress, Heggeeth said he was a “change agent” who brings “warrior culture” to Pentagon. He has emphasized the fighting ability, high demands and readiness of the armed forces.
Heggeth has been critical of international war rules that, in his view, are too limited by the US Armed Forces. Donald Trump During the first presidential term, Heggeth lobbyed Trump to pardon the soldiers suspected of war crimes, which he considered patriotic warriors.
The lack of leadership experience sparked criticism
In the hearing of the Senate Defense Committee, the exchange of hegget and democratic tanners was exceptionally intense. He was particularly criticized for the lack of leadership experience in the Senators, as he will be able to manage about three million people in the Ministry of Defense.
In the past, Heggeth has been piloting only two small veteran NGOs. A report on the New Yorker magazine He had to leave organizational duties because of financial and other serious abuse.
In hearing, Heggeth received criticism too from their previous comments. Among other things, she has said that women should not serve in combat tasks. In addition, he has been accused of drunkenness in the workplace and For the Rape of Rape with moneybut Heggeeth has only considered all criticism as a political chase. He promised to stop using alcohol if he was elected as Minister of Defense.
The latest accusations of Heggeth’s private life have been made by his brother’s ex-wife. According to this Heggeeth’s other wife was afraid of her husband’s volatile behavior.
In hearing, Heggeeth was hardly tested on the world situation or the US current defense policy challenges, but the debate focused on him as a person. It’s no wonder, for even the Heggeth’s own mother has accused his son as a women’s abuse.
The defender of the “warrior”
Like Trump, Heggeeth has criticized other NATO countries for not investing in defense as much as the United States.
Heggeth is a reserve Major in the National Guard. He has served in Iraq and Afghanistan and at the Guantánamo base in Cuba, mainly as a team leader in the infantry. President Joe Biden During the inauguration, he was not allowed to work in the guard because he considered him a potential security risk due to nationalist tattoo.
Like many of Trump’s choices, Heggeth is familiar to Americans on television. Most recently, he has worked as a weekend presenter for the Conservative Fox News Channel Fox & Friends.
Last summer, he was published by the book The Warriors, who criticized the so-called WOKE ideology. According to the book, American society has rejected its true heroes, soldiers.
Heggeeth is from Minneapolis from the state of Minnesota. He has studied at prestigious Princeton and Harvard universities.
Sources: New Yorkerk, AP, The Washington Post, BBC, Mediatters, Time Magazine, The New York Times