Retired Marine Corps general Jim Mattis’s confirmation hearing was such a breeze that even the Code Pink protesters in the room didn’t say a peep. The anti-war activists who had disrupted Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’ hearing on Tuesday by ranting about racism and the KKK only protested Mattis silently, raising their hands to hold up a peace sign from time to time.

Throughout the hearing, Mattis was treated to bipartisan praise. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain announced at the start that he couldn’t be happier that Mattis had been nominated. “I think you’re going to be an extraordinary defense secretary,” Ted Cruz told Mattis. The Texas senator then told a story about how excited his chief of staff, a former Marine, had been when Mattis visited Cruz’s office. “If Elvis Presley had walked into the office, he wouldn’t have been more thrilled than to see you walk in, General.”