Hegseth’s future as Pentagon chief at center of lame-duck defense battle
Topics: Pentagon & Military
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- The Hill reports: “Senate Democrats are quietly floating the ouster of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after the Nov. 3 election as the political price for cooperation on key defense-related issues in the post-elec…”
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