Fox News anchor wonders what defense sec ‘doesn’t have a bottle of bourbon’ in their office after Hegseth hearing - ‘If you go to Churchill's War Rooms in London, you can buy a bottle of the scotch that he used to drink while he was looking after the war,

ROBERTS: Just to put a button on this alcohol thing if you go to Churchill's war rooms in London, you can buy a bottle of the scotch that he used to drink while he was looking after the war.

"So that's the two senators that are out. Mitch McConnell is in as is all as are all the other senators in the conference." The post ‘Mitch McConnell Is In’: Fox News Reports On Ex-Host Pete Hegseth Clearing Key Vote Ahead of Likely Confirmation first appeared on Mediaite.

Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in several controversies. Two Republicans oppose him.

The vote broke the Senate filibuster and sets up a final confirmation vote, which will likely take place Friday. Democrat John Fetterman voted against advancing Hegseth for secretary of defense.

All but two Republicans voted to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense to a final vote, as Democrats raced to bolster fresh allegations about his personal conduct.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

At his confirmation hearing last week, the former combat veteran and Fox News host said he was “falsely accused” in the 2017 incident.

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing before ... has not always been that way,” CNN’s Dana Bash said afterwards. John Roberts was more specific on Fox News: “Obviously he came in for very ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his nomination.

Roughly two hours and 40 minutes after President Donald Trump was sworn into office by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, the new Trump White House announced some acting Pentagon officials. But according to Breaking Defense,

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