Defense

Hegseth gets under skin of Democratic senators during testy hearing

By Ally Goelz
Published June 18, 2025 5:25pm ET
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Democratic senators went back and forth in a series of heated conversations regarding the Trump administration’s latest military actions during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Wednesday.

The hearing was supposed to be about the defense budget for 2026, but it was overshadowed in part by other issues like the Los Angeles protests, ‘No Kings Protests,’ and unrest in the Middle East.

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