Pete Hegseth becomes US Defense Minister, approved by tiebreaker vote; has been accused of sexual harassment:Pete Hegseth becomes US Defense Minister, approved by tiebreaker vote; has been accused of sexual harassment

Pete Hegseth Defense Minister Pete Hegseth has become the new Defense Minister of America. The US Senate has approved the name of Pete Hegseth. Pete, who was chosen by President Donald Trump to lead the Pentagon, has received the approval with great difficulty.

In fact, Pete is even accused of harassing a woman, which is why MPs from his own party were against him.

Won by tiebreaker vote of J.D. Vance

Voting took place in the Senate on Saturday to elect the US Defense Minister , where Pete Hegseth's name was confirmed after Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tiebreaker vote.

Republican senators also voted against

Usually, the member nominated by the President gets support in the Senate with a huge margin, but Pete was opposed by MPs from his own party.
There was a controversy over Pete's name. The ruling Republican Party has 53 members in the 100-member Senate.
With the vote tied at 50-50, Vance used his rare vote to give Pete the win. All 47 Democrats in the election voted against Hegseth, a former Fox News host.
At the same time, three Republican senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell also voted against him.

Pete has been in controversies

Hegseth has been in a lot of controversies. He has been accused of sexual harassment, alcohol addiction and financial mismanagement of veterans' charity. However, Pete has been denying this. In fact, Trump's decision to nominate Pete was also opposed because Pete Hegseth lacks experience and there have been allegations against him.

This happened in 2017 as well

Vance became the second vice president in US history to break a tie to approve a Cabinet nominee. Trump's previous vice president, Mike Pence, became the first when he cast the deciding vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary in 2017.

Meanwhile, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin said Hegseth has failed to establish himself as someone who can be trusted to develop a strategic plan to address threats to the country.