Elbridge Colby will now assume Pentagon’s After the controversial Senate battle, the third place ended with a vote to confirm his position.
The Senate voted 51 to 45 to confirm that the National Security Strategist was deputy secretary of policy for the Department of Defense, and three Democrats joined the majority of Republicans’ votes against him. R-Ky. Senator Mitch McConnell is the only Republican without a vote.
Colby successfully overcomes suspicions from Republican Hawks such as Senator Tom Cotton from R-Ark, who fear his previous remarks about Iran, even if he lost his former Senate Majority Leader.
“Elbridge Colby’s long public record shows the willingness to violate the challenges facing the United States, the complexity of the critical value of our allies and partners, and the urgent need to invest in hard power to maintain America’s priority,” McConnell said in a statement after the vote.
“In fact, Mr. Colby believes that the priority that is fresh, fresh and urgently needed is the idea of returning to the concept of Obama-era concept, namely Patel’s geostatus. Abandoning Ukraine and Europe, omitting the Middle East in the Middle East, and prioritizing the smart geopolitical international trends in the Middle East, is an effort of the smart geopolitical internationalists to develop.”
Colby, the co-founder of the Marathon Initiative, deputy assistant deputy secretary of strategy and force development under the Trump administration, is known for his role in formulating a 2018 defense strategy that redirects a long-term military strategy towards a strong competition for power With China.
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Elbridge Colby will now take over the Pentagon’s third place after the controversial Senate battle ends in a vote to confirm his position. (Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
He has long argued US Army Its resources in the Middle East need to be limited to the pivot of the Indo-Pacific region. Colby gained a firm support from Trump’s inner circle, which reduced the calories of Senate Republicans to his confirmation.
Colby tempered some of his early statements, including comments that living with nuclear Iran is safer than bombing Iran’s nuclear ruins, and suggesting that the United States can “live” “without” Taiwan.
Colby is under pressure from cotton at confirmation hearing, he believes Iran is a “existent” threat to the United States
“Yes, Iranian nuclear weapons – especially the Senators, given that … we know they have committed to the ICBM-wide capabilities and other capabilities that will pose an existential danger to the United States,” Colby said.
Colby has strong support for Trump’s inner circle, including Vice President JD Vance. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
If diplomacy Iran fails.
“The only thing worse than the prospect of arming nuclear weapons in Iran is [the] The consequences of using force to try to stop them. “Kolby said in 2012.
“I would say a lot of things I opposed at the time, and these conversations from 15 years ago, and I feel like a lot of opponents have casual, or in some cases even attitudes toward hiring military power,” Colby explained at the hearing. “This is a lot of things I object to. Does my wording always fit? Does my exact framework always fit? No.”
Senator Tom Cotton pressured Colby to past comments on Iran. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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“Your point of view The importance of Taiwan Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wick (R-Miss).
“I’ve been trying to shoot the outbreak of signals that for us, focusing and making our troops effective and reasonable defense of Taiwan, Taiwan and the Japanese to do more,” Colby said.
