The Senate is expected to confirm Pete Hegseth today (Friday) as Defense Secretary. If Hegseth is confirmed as expected today, it won’t be by much. He narrowly survived a final procedural vote on Thursday despite th GOP’s 53-47 majority. The 51-49 cloture vote came as two Republicans—Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—sided with Democrats. Hegseth retired from the Army with a rank of major after deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan.