washington u.s. senate confirm first two members president donald trump cabinet friday vote overwhelmingly approve two retire four-star marine general secretaries defense homeland security hours trump swear commander-in-chief senate vote 98-1 confirm jam mattis lead pentagon 88-11 confirm john kelly homeland security sprawl department responsible everything domestic antiterrorism border security disaster prevention senate also vote 89-8 clear way vote monday another member trump national security team republican u.s. representative mike pompeo nominee director central intelligence agency trump fellow republicans hold 52-seat majority 100-member senate spar democrats confirmations nominees cabinet post senior position republicans hop confirm least seven friday democrats object complain republicans try force vote quickly nominees slow provide financial ethics information republicans accuse democrats play politics risk public safety delay national security team nominations know would eventually go cia post one highly charge washington amid controversy surround russian attempt influence 2016 u.s. presidential election trump favor last cia director john brennan criticize trump resign friday trump belittle agency question conclusion russia involve cyber hack interfere vote trump new york businessman reality television star defeat democrat hillary clinton former secretary state face threats foreign domestic critical president full national security team today day one say republican senator john mccain chairman senate arm service committee democrat kirsten gillibrand senator vote mattis 66-year-old commander revere marines also member arm service committee vote panel approve 26-1 early week gillibrand say admire mattis object waive law civilian control u.s. military allow lead pentagon 3-1/2 years retire marines instead seven require statute law waive 1950 allow george marshall post-war secretary state serve secretary defense congress pass mattis waiver last week trump sign inaugurate friday eleven democrats vote kelly also 66 40-year military veteran also popular democrats say do enough assure would oppose trump controversial proposals example say reject round deport thousands people enter unite state illegally children productive members society group know dreamers protect deportation executive order sign former president barack obama trump promise rescind many order trump say please mattis kelly confirm call members senate fulfill constitutional obligation swiftly confirm remainder highly qualify cabinet nominees get work behalf american people without delay say statement senate confirm retire general first two trump cabinet members