The U.S. Senate has approved Hegseth's nomination to head the Pentagon

The U.S. Senate on Friday, January 25, confirmed the nomination of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. The decisive vote was cast by Vice President Jay Dee Vance. The broadcast was carried by C-SPAN.

Initially, the votes for and against were split 50/50. Therefore, Vance exercised his right to vote as he constitutionally presides over the upper house of Congress.

Earlier in correspondence with the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hegseth responded to a question from Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren about the sexual assault allegations. He denied the allegations but confirmed that he paid the plaintiff $50,000 to reach a pre-trial settlement.

"They're going to try to make up anything that can hurt the Trump team's reputation."

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Earlier, on January 20, the Congressional Select Committees on Intelligence and Armed Services voted in favor of President Donald Trump's nominations of Pete Hegseth to head the Pentagon and John Ratcliffe to head the CIA.

On the same day, Trump took the oath of office in the rotunda of the Capitol, becoming the 47th President of the United States, reports "Gazeta.Ru". Along with him, Vice President Jay Dee Vance was sworn in. This is the second presidential term of Trump, the first time he was the American leader in 2017-2021. In his inaugural speech, the new US president announced the beginning of the "golden age of America".

Later the same day, Trump signed the first decrees and orders on appointments to the government. In addition, the head of state signed an order according to which the flags over government buildings were never lowered during the presidential inauguration. Until this morning, the flag was lowered in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away last month.