Hegseth Testifies Before Senate Armed Services Committee
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Democrats Grill Hegseth on Iran War
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth denies insider trading allegations during a heated Senate exchange with Sen. Elizabeth Warren over Iran war oil trades.
This morning, Senator Mark Kelly was among the Senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) to question Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
ANALYSIS: Hegseth has his favorite soundbites — but none of them landed here, where he sounded increasingly deluded and desperate, writes Holly Baxter
The defense secretary seemingly refused to rule out deploying troops during the upcoming midterms if President Trump ordered him to do so.
Nevada Democrat Sen. Jackie Rosen asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to clarify what the military is using AI for during the war in Iran: "Can you confirm whether or not there will always be a human in the loop when AI is used for lethal targeting decisions?
Democrats grilled Hegseth about the ballooning costs of the war, the huge drawdown of U.S. munitions and the bombing of a school that killed children
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) expressed concern about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s near-continuous purge of the military’s most senior ranks, high-profile ousters often made with little public explanation.