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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

The House shredded a combative Hegseth on Iran. A worse fate awaits him on Thursday in the Senate

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a defiant and aggressive testimony on Wednesday before the House Armed Services Committee.

While the testimony was billed as being about the Pentagon’s budget, it inevitably became about the War in Iran. During the testimony, Hegseth was sometimes outright belligerent. My colleague Holly Baxter said that he sounded increasingly deluded and desperate, hoping to win the support of the audience of one that is Donald Trump.

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