Hegseth Pushes Back on Iran War and Top-Brass Firings in House Hearing
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with House Democrats at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, defending the Trump administration’s handling of the Iran conflict and the firing of senior military leaders while pushing back against kritik that he misled the public, and urging approval of a $1.5 trillion defense budget as the war’s cost nears $25 billion to date.
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- Takeaways From Hegseth’s Testimony on Iran War and His Tenure The New York Times
- Hegseth faces a second day of Democrats grilling him over the Iran war WRAL
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