A senator told Hegseth: "I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations." ...

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Pete Hegseth's lawyer said he "performed superbly" in his appearance before senators amid criticism after he appeared not to ...

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In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one ...

During his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee couldn’t name a single member of the Southeast Asian bloc.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was questioned about ASEAN during a heated Senate ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday which says, "expressing a false 'gender identity' divergent ...

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald ... Hegseth started to talk about South Korea, Japan and Australia – none of which are in the 10-member organization that includes two ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact ...