00:00Mr. Vice President, thank you for, uh, breaking the tie.
00:07It's not the last time, or not the first time the headline reads,
00:11Junior Enlisted Marine Bails Out Junior Army Officer.
00:17Restore the warrior ethos in everything that we do.
00:20Rebuild our military and reestablish deterrence.
00:24We don't want to fight wars.
00:26We want to deter them, as you said, and we want to end them responsibly.
00:29But if we need to fight them, we're going to bring overwhelming and decisive force
00:33to close with and destroy the enemy and bring our boys home.
00:37Are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or change a vote?
00:44If not, on this vote, the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50.
00:49The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President votes in the affirmative,
00:54and the nomination is confirmed.
00:59All praise and glory to God.
01:03His will be done, and we're grateful to be here.
01:07And as I said in my hearing, it was Jesus and Jenny.
01:11I would not be here without you, sweetheart.
01:14Thank you so much.
01:17I want to thank the President of the United States, our Commander-in-Chief, Donald Trump.
01:21We could not have a better Commander-in-Chief than him.
01:24It is the honor of a lifetime, sir, to serve under you.
01:28We look forward to having the backs of our troops and having your back
01:32in executing peace through strength, in putting America first, and in rebuilding our military.
01:39Mr. Vice President, thank you for breaking the tie.
01:46It's not the first time the headline reads,
01:50Junior Enlisted Marine Bails Out Junior Army Officer.
01:56Some people were saying, 50-50, that's too tight.
02:00Senator Mark Wayne Mullen was nice enough to take my kids up to the gallery
02:04to watch the actual moment that the Vice President sealed the deal.
02:11And they came running in, they said, Dad, instead of being sad about 50-50, 51-50,
02:16they said, Dad, you won in overtime.
02:20That's the perspective I like.
02:22So thank you throughout this process, Mr. Vice President, for being incredible.
02:27I also want to thank the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,
02:30so many members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
02:32We became fast friends in this process.
02:35The advice, the consent, the wisdom, the guidance.
02:39I look forward to working with all of you and other senators
02:42to ensure the Defense Department has what it needs, that our nation has what it needs,
02:47and that we're prepared to defend it in all moments.
02:50To my staff, amazing staff, who were with us this entire process,
02:54I see so many of you through thick and thin.
02:58We used to look at the betting odds every once in a while on this.
03:01It was low at one point.
03:03Never do that.
03:06And there were so many folks on the inside and then allies on the outside
03:11who stood by us every single moment, and we are eternally grateful for that.
03:17And I want to thank the warfighters.
03:20I want to thank the men and women wearing the uniform.
03:22And I've said this before when I speak, and I mean it.
03:25Every time I stand at a podium and there's bright lights and cameras,
03:29the first thing that goes through my head are the guys that I served with on the battlefield,
03:35the men and the women who I locked shields with and put my life on the line with,
03:40who never get the spotlight, who never have the cameras,
03:44who people don't know what they did in dark and dangerous places.
03:48But I know.
03:50And at the Pentagon, we're going to remember and we're going to know.
03:52And we're going to think about those warriors with every single decision that we make.
03:57We will put America first.
03:58We will bring peace through strength.
04:00And the three principles I talked about are what we will bring to that Pentagon.
04:04Restore the warrior ethos in everything that we do, rebuild our military, and reestablish deterrence.
04:11We don't want to fight wars.
04:13We want to deter them, as you said, and we want to end them responsibly.
04:16But if we need to fight them, we're going to bring overwhelming and decisive force
04:20to close with and destroy the enemy and bring our boys home.
04:34And to my other family that's here as well, who I love, it's the honor of a lifetime.
04:41And I would be remiss if I didn't know one person in this room who doesn't expect to be recognized,
04:46but Captain Rougeau is here.
04:49He was my company commander on my first deployment in Guantanamo Bay.
04:55He was there on June 3, 2003, when I first swore in as a second lieutenant at Princeton University,
05:03and he swore me in.
05:04And I wanted to make sure he was here today with me as well.
05:07Thank you very much, sir.
05:16So, Mr. President, thank you very much to the American people.
05:18We have your back.
05:19We're going to get to work right away.
05:21God bless.
05:30All right, I guess that's it.
05:31Any questions?
05:39Guys, let me answer that for the new secretary.
05:43All people in our armed services should trust him because he looks out for them,
05:46and he's going to fight for them, and he's going to make sure that we have the kind of military
05:49that we can all be proud of, and that, again, when we send it to do a job, we do it well,
05:55we do it quickly, and then we get the hell out.
05:57And that's what Secretary Hexett is going to bring to the Department of Defense.
06:00Anything else?
06:06You know, as I learned with the Buckeyes just a week ago,
06:11when you win the championship, you don't give a damn what the score was.
06:14We won the championship on this one.
06:16We've got a great Secretary of Defense.
06:17We're proud of him, and he's going to do a great job.
06:19Thank you all.
06:20Take care.
06:26Don't miss out.
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