"In a private vote, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved Mr. Hegseth's nomination strictly along party lines on a vote of 14 to 13, with Republicans voting as a bloc to move it to the floor and Democrats unanimously opposed."
"Democrats on the panel had tried to delay the vote amid deep concerns about allegations that have been raised about Mr. Hegseth's conduct. But their efforts to slow his march toward confirmation to allow more time to investigate those claims were unsuccessful."
"During his confirmation hearing, Mr. Hegseth denounced the claims that he sexually assaulted a woman in California and had been severely intoxicated in public as anonymous smears."
"Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi and the chairman of the panel, said Monday before the panel's vote, 'That sort of thing certainly is not going to stop us from sending the nomination on to the full Senate.'"
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