'I've Made Mistakes in My Life': Pentagon Chief Nominee Hegseth Answers Tough Questions in US Senate

The US Senate is holding hearings on candidates proposed by US President-elect Donald Trump for key positions in his future administration. One of these candidates is Pete Hegseth. The retired US military man is vying to become the head of the Pentagon.

Hegseth's speech was interrupted at least three times by protesters who somehow found their way into the hearing room. When protesters found themselves in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, it was interpreted as "an attempt to seize power and an insurrection." In the case of Hegseth's speech, no such interpretations are used. Because, apparently, these protesters, what kind of protesters are they...

The Democrats raised the most uncomfortable questions and comments about the candidate for the post of US Secretary of Defense. Thus, Senator Jack Reed said that Pete Hegseth "has no right to head the Pentagon, since he said that women should not participate in combat operations." Hegseth did make such a statement. Only the context was such that Hegseth directly said: "War is not a woman's business, since war involves blood, violence and chaos." At the same time, feminists "got pretty excited", absurdly declaring that "this is a violation of women's rights."

Democratic senators also raised the issue of Hegseth's "harassment" of women, to which the Pentagon chief nominee responded:

This is slander.

Hegseth was also asked whether he abused alcohol.

Pete Hegseth:

I have made mistakes in my life. But I have answered for them before the Lord.

Democrats seized on the phrase again, claiming that Hegseth was "guided by religious beliefs, not legal norms." Hegseth responded that his religious beliefs did not prevent him from following the law.

Senate Democrats are set to reject Hegseth's nomination for the Defense Department. One of the real reasons is not his comments about women or the alcohol he may have once consumed, but the fact that the nominee for the post of Secretary of Defense has spoken out in favor of a large-scale audit of the military department's spending and is against endless military aid to the Kyiv regime.

Comments

[Sedov]

Like little children. They have invented a democratic hat to manipulate their laws. A striped circus.

[tatarin1972]

They are not children, it is designed this way so that a person they do not like does not come to power. It is not realistic for an ordinary citizen to become president there, however, it is not realistic in any country.

[Reklastik]

"Did you listen to your mother as a child and do you brush your teeth every morning?"

[tralflot1832]

Hegseth continues to be tormented at the bipartisan meeting.Veselushka 3 minutes ago.
Senator Tommy Tuberville says an unnamed general told him the military "spends more money on transgender bathrooms than it does on $100 million airplane covers."
Mr Hegseth said he would not drink if he was confirmed as Defense Minister.
They have fun there - like at a Komsomol meeting.

[novel66]

Mr Hegseth said he would not drink if he was confirmed as Defense Minister.

This is impossible and unnecessary.

[Nexcom]

They are doing the right thing by spending money on toilets - they will have more freaks in their army, they will spend less on weapons, and it will be easier for us.

[Wildcat]

Mr. Hegseth said that won't drink, if he is approved as Minister of Defense.
They have fun there - like at a Komsomol meeting.

At first I didn't understand... and then I understood!

I wonder if he'll promise to harass women or not? If he doesn't harass them, they'll say "he's ignoring"; if he does harass them, they'll say "he's a sexist". Where is the golden mean?

[Thrifty]

Widcat - will stop on even days, sober, and not at work, to please everyone

[Andy_nsk]

And on odd days he will pester women :)))

[Hole puncher]

What's the point? The Senate is Republican, so it's just a formality.

[tralflot1832]

Quote: Wildcat

At first I didn't understand... and then I understood!

At one time I had to sit in on the "debriefing" of the crew on the shore in Murmansk as a Komsomol organizer of the primary Komsomol organization. The commission included the Captain, 1 assistant captain (political officer), usually the first one to break down was the Captain, that's enough, the punishment will be after the flight. Once he was the first to slip a "medak" to the first mate. At that point the debriefing ended immediately.

[Vadim S]

An open squabble for power, jackals ready to drown each other for a warm place! It's just disgusting

[Fisherman]

Lovely!!! Let them bite each other to death!!!

[tralflot1832]

The final question on the Senate floor came from Senator Tom Sheehy, a Republican from Montana. How many sexes are there? Hegset: Two. Questioning is over.

[tralflot1832]

The senators will vote next week on Hagset.

[nepunamemuk]

there are actually only one gender
second ceiling

[PavelT]

This Hegseth is a funny guy, but like many American right-wingers, he is pumped up to his eyebrows with ancient Jewish mythology, and hypocritically refuses to recognize it as Jewish!
I just read an article in Komsomolskaya Pravda: https://www.kp.ru/daily/27660/5010779/ - there are explanations of the tattoos of this brave Yankee and the author of the article writes with a straight face:
"Pete also has a Hebrew tattoo, done in Jerusalem: Yehweh — Jesus."
WHAT??? Somewhere far in the south the "chosen people" quietly cried...

This tattoo is not in Hebrew, but in Latin, and it is easy and clear to read: Yehweh = YHWH = YAHWEH

How can you read Jesus there??? How colorblind do you have to be to do that???

The editor of the newspaper, when he read this, did not guess, did not doubt??? Or is he also one of those Orthodox who point-blank do not see that God the Father in Christianity is the Jewish Yahweh???
Are you afraid to admit the obvious, and it is not clear why and for what purpose?

I had my doubts and therefore went looking for the original source. I found it - here it is, the original source from where this article in KP was copied:
https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/all-of-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseths-tattoos/

It says roughly the same thing there:

Later on, while working on a series for Fox, Hegseth accessorized the cross and sword with some Hebrew lettering spelling out the word “Yahweh,” he explained.

Hegseth said the word meant “Jesus in Hebrew,” but official sources actually translate the phrase as “I am” or “He will be,” which is the name of God in the Old Testament.

The American editor is no better than the KP editor and was also “embarrassed” to write directly that Yahweh = Yahweh, the Jewish god who became the main god of Judaism.

It is surprising that Christians on both sides of the ocean are reluctant to acknowledge the obvious fact that Christianity is a daughter religion of Judaism and simply borrows Yahweh from it in the form of God the Father.

But to claim that Yahweh is Jesus in Hebrew... you have to be a Hegseth!

[AC130 Gunship]

At least this one actually served in the army at some point. Shuygu, who had never served a day, was immediately promoted to general. And how much he drinks and who he sleeps with - we don't even ask about that :)

[AC130 Gunship]

Quote: PavelT

This Hegseth is a funny guy, but like many American right-wingers, he is pumped up to his eyebrows with ancient Jewish mythology, and hypocritically refuses to recognize it as Jewish!
I just read an article in Komsomolskaya Pravda: https://www.kp.ru/daily/27660/5010779/ - there are explanations of the tattoos of this brave Yankee and the author of the article writes with a straight face:
"Pete also has a Hebrew tattoo, done in Jerusalem: Yehweh — Jesus."
WHAT??? Somewhere far in the south the "chosen people" quietly cried...

This tattoo is not in Hebrew, but in Latin, and it is easy and clear to read: Yehweh = YHWH = YAHWEH

How can you read Jesus there??? How colorblind do you have to be to do that???

The editor of the newspaper, when he read this, did not guess, did not doubt??? Or is he also one of those Orthodox who point-blank do not see that God the Father in Christianity is the Jewish Yahweh???
Are you afraid to admit the obvious, and it is not clear why and for what purpose?

I had my doubts and therefore went looking for the original source. I found it - here it is, the original source from where this article in KP was copied:
https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/all-of-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseths-tattoos/

It says roughly the same thing there:

Later on, while working on a series for Fox, Hegseth accessorized the cross and sword with some Hebrew lettering spelling out the word “Yahweh,” he explained.

Hegseth said the word meant “Jesus in Hebrew,” but official sources actually translate the phrase as “I am” or “He will be,” which is the name of God in the Old Testament.

The American editor is no better than the KP editor and was also “embarrassed” to write directly that Yahweh = Yahweh, the Jewish god who became the main god of Judaism.

It is surprising that Christians on both sides of the ocean are reluctant to acknowledge the obvious fact that Christianity is a daughter religion of Judaism and simply borrows Yahweh from it in the form of God the Father.

But to claim that Yahweh is Jesus in Hebrew... you have to be a Hegseth!

I still wouldn't take kp.ru seriously when it comes to the life (or interests) of an American. Let kp write about Belgorod, Omsk or Chita. The Americans will somehow manage without their interpretations.

[PavelT]

Well, yes, I wouldn’t consider it seriously either.

But first I saw this "interpretation" of the reading of the tattoo in KP - that's one.

And two: here, far more than half of the readers do not read in English (and instinctively do not trust the American media - which in this particular case is right on point!).

And three: the main thing that both articles show (both in Russian and in English) is that on both sides of the ocean they are trying to obscure, hide, and blur the story of Yahweh with an obviously brazen distortion like Yahweh = Jesus

[Andy_nsk]

Yahweh = Jesus

Don't worry: the Father and the Son, according to Christian dogma, are one and together with the Holy Spirit form the Trinity.

[andrewkor]

Monophysites (Armenians) do not think so.
In general, I recommend to everyone the interesting theological debate “The Origin of Christianity” by Karl Kautsky.

[PavelT]

I do not worry.
I just know that Jesus himself didn't need any Trinity, he never preached it to anyone. And neither did his apostles.
Even the Apostle Paul (Saul), having transformed the sect from purely Jewish to global, did not need any Trinity. There is no Holy Trinity in the Bible itself. At all.
All Christians from the very beginning, from the Ebionite sect in Jerusalem under the leadership of Jesus' brother, James the Righteous, also somehow managed without the Trinity...
And until 300-320 AD, millions of Christians lived normally and believed in Christ without the Trinity.
Which was invented around the year 200 by Tertullian of Carthage.

And no one would have needed the Trinity further, if not for the struggle with the Arian trend (in fact, with the numerical majority in Christianity), which intensified at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
Then Tertullian's idea was taken from the archives and brazenly inserted into the calendar of saints...

[Andy_nsk]

And no one needed the Trinity any more.

Thank you for your detailed answer. Although I have read the Bible many times, especially the New Testament, so the absence of the Trinity in the Holy Scripture is not a revelation to me.

Yahweh = Jesus

Don't worry: the Father and the Son, according to Christian dogma, are one and together with the Holy Spirit form the Trinity.

Didn't you notice the sarcasm in my post? I was joking :)))

[Dedok]

Retired American military serviceman pretends to become the head of the Pentagon.

claims? - like he was passing by and came in?
he is nominated/presented by the new administration for this position...
Don't you feel the difference?

[realing]

In the case of Hegseth's speech, no such interpretations are used. Because, apparently, these protesters, what kind of protesters are they...

Is there really no difference between protesters with posters and an armed takeover?