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 ...

Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, Susan Collins, of Maine ... the consequences of failure are as high as they have ever been." Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Armed Services Committee, which ...

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 ...