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Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing for defense secretary

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Why Pete Hegseth — Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick — is now closer to being confirmed

Long speculated as a potential GOP holdout, Sen. John Curtis said Wednesday that he supports Donald Trump's embattled defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth.

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Shaheen grills Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth at confirmation hearing

Why should women in our military, if you were the Secretary of Defense, believe that they would have a fair shot and an equal opportunity to rise through the ranks?”

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Ernst says she'll vote to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, a key vote on Pete Hegseth's confirmation as secretary of defense, said Tuesday she is supporting his nomination.

Lloyd Austin, Defense Secretary

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Defense Secretary Austin’s secrecy around his hospitalizations increased the risks to national security, watchdog says

The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s inspector general concluded in a report released on Wednesday.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin risked national security 'unnecessarily,' Inspector General says

The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report about Defense Secretary Austin’s failure to quickly disclose his hospitalization in early 2024.

Secretary Austin's secret hospitalizations 'unnecessarily' increased US national security risks, report finds

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General found that Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalizations "unnecessarily" put America's national security at higher risk.

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Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term.

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Secretary of defense must perform a ‘delicate dance’ between the president, Congress and the public

Leading the US Defense Department is a massive job, broadly affecting Americans’ security at home and abroad and overseeing ...

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Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faces fierce hearing, with Reed and Democratic women senators leading the opposition

None of the 13 Democrats on the Armed Services Committee appeared to believe Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News ...

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What does the defense secretary do?

The Defense Department’s responsibility is focused on the use of the military, whether it’s to deter attacks or defend ...

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Trump's US defense secretary nominee's testimony interrupted by protesters

Capitol police remove protesters from room while Pete Hegseth giving opening statement before Senate Armed Services Committee ...

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