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Three Democrats voted for Colby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, McConnell said Colby\u2019s \u201clong public record suggests a willingness to discount the complexity of the challenges facing America, the critical value of our allies and partners.\u201d And McConnell said Colby\u2019s confirmation \u201cencourages isolationist perversions of peace through strength to continue apace at the highest levels of administration policymaking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jdvance\/status\/1909660275583709358?s=46\" target=\"_blank\">JD Vance criticized McConnell<\/a> in an X post, saying that the senator\u2019s no vote \u2014 \u201clike so much of the last few years of his career \u2014 is one of the great acts of political pettiness I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance spoke at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing early last month to urge Colby\u2019s confirmation, saying the nominee has said things in the past that alienated Republicans and Democrats and also said things that both sides would agree on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vice president said Colby will be able to work with lawmakers and will strive to restore the defense industrial base, a key goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. 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The Pentagon is better prepared to defend America with Bridge leading policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colby, who served as deputy assistant defense secretary for strategy during the first Trump administration, faced repeated questions from both Democratic and Republican senators during his confirmation hearing on previous statements he had made about whether Russia had actually invaded Ukraine and his suggestions that the U.S. could tolerate and contain a nuclear-armed Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After initially declining several times to answer direct questions during his hearing on whether Russia invaded Ukraine, calling it a sensitive topic, Colby eventually acknowledged that Russia invaded its neighbor and poses a significant military threat to the U.S. and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, Trump has falsely blamed Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">for starting the three-year war<\/a> that has cost tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives and called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator for not holding elections during wartime. 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