Former Vice President Mike Pence defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday, Growing criticism Pentagon leader’s management style, leak Signal chat and decisions reported by it Stop military aid Ukraine without the approval of President Trump.
“I don’t think it’s appropriate,” Pence told CNN’s Kate Bolduan in an interview in an interview on Thursday after Sen Thom Tilis (RNC). “I have known Pete Hegseth for a long time – he is someone who is wearing uniform.”
The first vice president of Trump said, “I have been told that we are crossing the goals in every branch of our armed forces, and therefore all this is welcome news and positive.”
Tilis, who Suddenly declared He will not take a third Senate term next year After a quarrel GOP’s mass tax and spending package with Trump, Suggested on Wednesday He was disappointed in Hegseth and, while he did not regret his January vote to confirm the Pentagon chief, he would vote differently today.
Tilis told CNN’s Jake Taper, “I wonder if the armed services were a little generous in connection with the evaluation of their capabilities as the world’s largest, most complex and of the world’s largest, most complex and, the resulting organization,” Tilis told CNN’s Jake Topper. “If I had information about the day of vote, I will definitely vote for him again, but now I know that he has a manager and I don’t think his probation period has been very positive.”
Pence, who Criticized Since Trump, both of them declined the role of Pence in the certification of the 2020 presidential election, said on Thursday that “he is” the leadership of the President and his team in the Pentagon as a whole. “
In addition to recruitment efforts, Pence quoted on Thursday America’s surprise military attacks Last month on Iranian nuclear facilities.
“Our airman did an incredible job after the President took a courageous decision to launch the US forces,” he said.
