Elbridge Colby confirmed by Senate for top position at Defense Department

Elbridge Colby will now participate in the third Pentagon after the controversial Battle of the Senate in a vote to confirm this role.

The Senate voted from 51 to 45 to confirm the strategy of national security as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense for Policy, as three democrats joined most Republicans in voting in his favor. senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. , The only Republican who does not vote.

Colbey successfully overcome doubts from the Republican Falcons such as Senator Tom Couton, R-RK. , Who was concerned about his previous statements about Iran, even when the former majority leader lost the Senate.

“The long general record of Elbridge Colby indicates a willingness to deduct the complexity of the challenges facing America, the decisive value of our allies and partners, and the urgent need to invest in solid power to maintain an American priority,” McConnell said in a statement after the vote.

“Determining his priorities, which Mr. Kulby argues as new, new and urgently required, is, in fact, to return to a concept from the Obama era of geographical geographical criticism for their exploitation.”

Collby, co -founder of the marathon initiative and former deputy minister of defense for the strategy and development of power within the framework of the Trump administration, is famous for its role in forming the 2018 National Defense Strategy, which re -directed a long -term military strategy towards competing with great power with China.

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He has long argued American army You need to reduce its resources in the Middle East to determine the Indian Pacific region. Colbei was strong from Trump’s inner circle, which appeared on the heat on the Republicans of the Senate for his confirmation.

Colby had reduced some of his previous statements, including what suggested living with Iran’s nuclear Iran was more safe than bombing Iran’s nuclear sites, and others indicating that the United States can “live without” Taiwan.

Cotton pressed during his confirmation session, Kulby said he believed that Iran pose a “existential” threat to the United States

“Yes, Iran’s nuclear armed Iran, especially Senator, given that … we know that they have worked on the range of the range of the range of ICBM and other capabilities that would pose an existential risk to the United States.”

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Colby has received strong support for the Trump Interior Circle, including Vice President JD Vance. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

He promised to provide “good credible military options” to the president if diplomacy with Iran fails.

“The only worst thing is Iran’s nuclear armed probability [the] “The consequences of using force to try to stop them,” Kulby said in 2012.

“I would like to say a lot of what I was arguing at the time, these talks 15 years ago, and many opponents who felt that they were not official or in some cases, even a terrible position on the use of military force,” Kulby explained at the session. “This is a lot of what I was arguing. Was my drafting always appropriate? Was my exact frame always appropriate?” no. “

Senator Tom Couton Colby pressed his previous comments on Iran. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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“Your views are about The importance of Taiwan “It seems that the United States has been greatly eased,” said Roger Wisker, Roger Wisker, R-Miss, at some point during the session.

“What I was trying to launch more reference signals is that it is necessary for us to focus and empower our special forces for an effective and reasonable defense of Taiwan and for Taiwanese, as well as the Japanese, to make more effort,” Kulby said.