The US Senate confirmed billionaire Stephen Feinberg to be second in charge at the Pentagon, where the private equity investor promised to fix longstanding issues. The Senate on Friday voted 59-40 to back Feinberg as Deputy Secretary of Defense.

The Senate on Friday confirmed Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire investor who refused to acknowledge Russia invaded Ukraine and defended planned firings at the Pentagon, as the next deputy defense secretary.

Stephen Feinberg’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee stressed the need for detailed program reviews, clean audits, and new blood in defense contracting.

The deputy secretary manages the Pentagon's day-to-day work, and Feinberg would be heavily involved in both workforce reduction and budget reshuffling, even as those efforts face