US EditionDemocrats hammer Hegseth over restoring Confederate names of military bases
UNITED STATES, JUN 19 – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended deploying 4,700 troops to Los Angeles to support law enforcement amid immigration protests and justified restoring Confederate names on nine military bases.
- During a June 18, 2025 hearing in Washington, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth justified the decision to reinstate the names of military bases originally named after Confederate figures.
- Following a 2020 congressional directive to remove Confederate names from military bases, Hegseth asserted that both veterans and personnel currently serving requested the Trump administration to restore these original designations.
- Senators Tammy Duckworth and Tim Kaine criticized Hegseth, disputing veterans' support and condemning the restoration as honoring Confederate traitors who opposed the United States.
- Hegseth stated that directives will be issued shortly to the bases to revert their names to the originals, while Republican Senator Tom Cotton welcomed the decision as a restoration of tradition and described the 2020 renamings as a result of "Jacobin fever."
- The debate underscores persistent divisions over military heritage and race, with implications for Army morale and continued political tensions regarding Defense Department leadership.
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News Facts NetworkSenators Slam Hegseth Over Protest Tactics and Reinstating Confederate Base Names
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced sharp criticism from Senate Democrats Wednesday over two highly controversial Trump administration decisions: alleged protest suppression and the restoration of Confederate military base names. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) rebuked Hegseth for not rejecting orders during immigration protests in Los Angeles. Referring to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s refusal to shoot…
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ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with some Democratic senators as he was grilled at a congressional hearing Wednesday about the Trump administration’s latest military actions. The former Fox News host, who faced a contentious confirmation hearing, got into a heated exchange before the Senate Armed Services Committee with Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who questioned him over the military’s authority to arrest and det…
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