The US Senate approved Peter Hegst’s choice for the Ministry of Defense by the new US President Donald Trump with 51 votes against 50 votes.
The votes against and in favor of the representatives of the Senate were equal, but J.D. Vance, the vice president of the United States, who is also the president of the Senate, in a rare act as the president of the Senate, voted in favor of Peter Hegst, and finally Hegst with 51 votes in favor against 50 votes against, he became the Secretary of Defense of the United States.
44-year-old Peter Hogst is a former host of Fox News and a veteran who served in the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
His announcement as Trump’s proposed choice to head the Pentagon caused surprise and opposition to many American media and experts.
In the history of the United States, this is the first minister of defense who becomes the minister of defense with the smallest difference and with the fragile votes of the Senate.
