Pete Hegseth Is Likely to Be Confirmed as Secretary of Defense by a Senate Vote
Pete Hegseth is one of the more controversial nominees of the second Trump administration, and many want to know when the Senate will vote on him.
Highlights: Pete Hegseth questioned about misconduct allegations and views on women at Senate confirmation hearing
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson and her nonprofit group sent a letter yesterday asking the Senate Armed Services Committee to allow an alleged victim
Top 5 moments from Pete Hegseth's Senate confirmation hearing
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Pentagon, faced a Senate confirmation grilling from the Armed Services Committee.
Pete Hegseth Moment Goes Viral as He Appears to Not Know What ASEAN Is
A senator told Hegseth: "I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations."
Opinion
Hegseth’s hearing revealed more about the pathetic Senate than Hegseth
“I have witnessed many contentious confirmation hearings over the years and watched as the system has become increasingly partisan and vitriolic,” Ruth Marcus writes. But Tuesday’s appearance by defense secretary-designate Pete Hegseth before the Senate Armed Services Committee, she says, “represents a new low in that diminished process.”
Don’t know what ASEAN is? Neither did Pete Hegseth. Why this Asian bloc is important.
The 10-nation bloc, known as ASEAN, has been useful for the United States in countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific. Many member nations have territorial disputes with China, which has become increasingly assertive in pressing those claims.
A question about ASEAN stumped Pete Hegseth at his Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?
Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia,
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The North Carolina reason Pete Hegseth isn’t qualified to be defense secretary | Opinion
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We deserve Pete Hegseth
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Iowa's US Sen. Joni Ernst will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense
Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of ...
Sen. Joni Ernst officially backs Pete Hegseth for top Pentagon post: ‘Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense’
Ernst, an Army veteran and rape survivor, had previously expressed concerns over Hegseth’s past comments about women in ...