'We Have Only Just Begun to Fight': Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Defies Impeachment Threat as Prez Stands by Him
Hegseth vowed to keep fighting for his post as Trump praised his performance and critics pressed for impeachment over Iran war decisions.
- On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth released a video vowing to fight for his job as he faces a likely congressional impeachment effort, with President Donald Trump backing him from the Oval Office.
- GOP lawmakers' frustration with Hegseth's handling of the Iran war has intensified, with calls for his dismissal growing after the midterm election wipeout and his purge of senior military officers.
- Boasting of his work to end DEI, Hegseth defended military strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific, referring to the Pentagon as the "Department of War."
- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., mocked the video on social media, accusing Hegseth of failing servicemembers; the former Army Ranger told him to "start packing up your make-up room at the Pentagon."
- Trump defended the seven-month war in Iran, claiming the military has "full control of that place," though experts on lethal force have criticized the strikes as "illegal extrajudicial killings.
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Hegseth Releases Video n Which He Acknowledges Threat of Impeachment
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged the threat of impeachment in a social media video, arguing that it would be “all about the politics of personal destruction” and “won’t work with me. You can rest assured of that.”
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The Seattle TimesHegseth Lashes Out at Critics Calling for His Firing
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who faces a likely congressional impeachment effort in the coming weeks, released a video message on Thursday defending his tenure and vowing to fight for his job,” the New York Times reports. Said Hegseth: “We are more determined than ever — more resolute than ever — to finish what we have […]
The leader of the Pentagon, an artisan of the war in Iran, could serve as a fuse for the Republican president after the failure of the midterms. And the Democrats do not hide their desire to remove him.
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