Murkowski was one of three Republicans to vote against Hegseth’s nomination late Friday, along with Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. It took Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote to confirm Hegseth.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) expressed serious concerns about the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce and other administration policies and said she is worried about speaking out because of the threat of political revenge by President Donald Trump.

Moderate Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski claimed this week that she and other lawmakers are worried about retaliation for speaking out against some of the Trump administration’s policies. Murkowski (R-Alaska) refrained from calling out President Trump directly or elaborating more specifically about what she’s nervous about,