Tillis: Hegseth faces ‘a reckoning’ in lame-duck session of Congress
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- The Hill reports: “Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faces “a reckoning” in the post-election lame-duck Congress and is questioning whether President Trump will be able to get the …”
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