Pete Hegseth, the nominee for president of Donald Trump’s defense team, was subject to a painful reading by the Senate during which time he was given a chance to discuss his career and his previous comments. Hegseth is never a controversial actor, but a video is now popular that claims to show him one of his children ‘ names while introducing them to his family. ” Sorry, it’s a lot of them”, Hegseth said as he fumbled on Rex’s name. However, he did not forget the title in reality. He simply got stuck, which he acknowledged and overcame.
Out of the seven kids, four are Hegseth’s natural and three are his siblings. He and his present wife Jennifer have one child, Jennifer, and his second wife Samantha Deering has three more children. Hegseth is a dad to Jennifer’s three babies.
Questions on physical abuse, marriage
In the approaching Trump administration, Pete Hegseth is one of the most contentious individuals. He was charged with sexually assaulting a woman, which he afterwards paid years later. Hegseth claimed it was a lawful act but that he had been coerced into paying the woman. Although Hegseth was never charged, the allegations surfaced after Trump appointed him as his defense secretary.
Mah representatives questioned him about that event at the hearing as well, according to the allegations.
” I am shocked that you would stand here and say you’re completely cleared”, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va. ) said.
” Those were misleading claims, it was thoroughly investigated and I’ve been entirely cleared”, Hegseth responded.
” You’ve admitted that you had gender at that resort in October 2017″, Kaine said. You recently had a kid with your family three, and you have admitted to having sex while you were married to your partner two. You’ve admitted that”, Kaine emphasized, suggesting that, “if it had been a sexual abuse, that would be disqualifying to remain secretary of defense”.
” It was a false claim then, it’s a bogus claim now”, Hegseth said.
On people in conflict roles
Hegseth’s previous statements about women serving in fight roles were met with opposition from Sen. Joni Ernst, a former woman of the Iowa National Guard. Every man and woman has the opportunity to serve their country in standard and do so at any degree, as long as they are upholding the standards that are set forth, the Iowa Republican said.” I did provide in Kuwait and missions in Iraq, so it is very important I stressed, and I hope that it confirmed that you continue to pressure that.”
As Secretary of Defense, do you want to know afterwards if you support women having the opportunity to offer in combat? Let’s make it very clear for everyone here now.
Hegseth agreed, saying that “women may have access to ground overcome roles, given fight requirements remain high”.
