Senate Democrats Confront Hegseth Over Military and Legal Issues
TL;DR
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced heated questioning from Democratic senators during a congressional hearing, where he denied allegations of military orders to detain or shoot protesters and addressed issues related to personnel decisions influenced by social media, leading to tense exchanges.
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- Democratic senators hammer Hegseth as he trades barbs with them during testy hearing ABC News
- Trump Live Updates: Hegseth Questioned on Legality of LA Protest Military Deployment The New York Times
- Donald Trump: Sen. Schumer Should Have Been Thrown in Jail C-SPAN
- Senate Democrats press Hegseth on domestic military deployment plan Axios
- Slotkin to Hegseth: Esper had ‘more guts and balls than you’ The Hill
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