Pete Hegseth Narrowly Confirmed as Trump’s Defense Secretary in Tie-Breaking Vote

 https://time.com/7209986/pete-hegseth-confirmed-donald-trump-defense-secretary/

Only once before has the vice president had to break a tie on a Cabinet nominee — during Trump's first term, when Vice President Mike Pence cast the vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary.

In contrast, McConnell said after the vote said Hegseth “did not reckon” with the reality of job, noting that the nominee's “mere desire to be a ‘change agent’ is not enough.”

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said there were few Trump nominees as “dangerously and woefully unqualified as Hegseth.”