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GOP Sen. Tillis calls vote for Hegseth 'biggest regret of my career'

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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.” Tillis also says he “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary in the first days of President Donald Trump’s second term.

In “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” to be published on Tuesday, the North Carolina senator defends his decision at the time to not be “the lone voice in the wilderness” preventing Trump’s nominees from confirmation. Tillis is leaving office in January, having decided against running for reelection last year.

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