Jan 24, 2025 · WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Senator Thom Tillis released the following statement on his decision to vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense: “From the beginning, I have been clear about my position: if President Trump’s nominees were reported favorably out of the relevant committees, I would support their confirmation on the Senate floor absent new material information about ...

2 days ago · Pete Hegseth, at center, and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, at right, following a meeting on Capitol Hill on Dec. 10, 2024. Bloomberg/Getty Images

2 days ago · Pete Hegseth seemed well on his way to becoming Trump’s next Defense secretary on Thursday evening when a ... Sen. Thom Tillis ... Thune went to bat for Hegseth. When Tillis asked to scrap the ...

Peter Hegseth will become the next U.S. secretary of Defense after U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis threw his support behind him in a closely divided confirmation vote. Hegseth was confirmed Friday night in ...

5 days ago · Pete Hegseth was confirmed as the next Secretary of Defense Friday night in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President Vance having to step in to break the tie. ... (R-Ky.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). ...

3 days ago · Murkowski, Collins and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voted no. Tillis told the Journal her testimony "did carry weight," but after "days doing my due diligence" and speaking with Pete Hegseth, he ...

Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth in a call on Jan. 19, witnessed by two other people, that if she signed the statement testifying that she believed her former brother-in-law Pete Hegseth ...

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., (left) was among 50 Republican senators on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as the secretary of the Defense Department.

6 days ago · Tillis' "aye" tied the vote, giving newly inaugurated Vice President JD Vance the chance to cast an 11th-hour tie-breaking vote in favor of confirming Hegseth. Late Friday evening, North Carolina's Sen. Thom Tillis was the key vote leading to confirmation of Pete Hegseth, 44, as the new US Secretary of Defense.

6 days ago · Pete Hegseth eked out a victory Friday night when Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote to deliver him enough votes in the Senate to become the ... North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, ...