Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker of Mississippi says prior to a tied vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to ...

Two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, broke ranks to oppose Hegseth.

Hegseth's path to becoming Defense secretary has been controversial ... CNN reported on Thursday. Sens. Roger Wicker and Jack Reed, the committee's Republican chairman and top Democratic member ...

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

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense ... are as high as they have ever been." Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Armed Services ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on Friday night was initially 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance then casting the ...

Roger Wicker, R-Miss., center ... President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Sen.

Talking to reporters in California after the vote, Trump said Hegseth would make a great defense secretary ... Armed Services Committee, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, said Hegseth's work ...

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

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense secretary is publicly facing ... Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., called Hegseth's nomination ...