United States President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the role of defence secretary Pete Hegseth drew criticism on Tuesday (Jan 14) for his apparent lack of knowledge about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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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 member and how many countries were in the bloc

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Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?

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 member and how many countries were in the bloc.

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US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth has had a shaky start to his potential tenure in the Pentagon after he appeared to not know about the countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). During the four-hour-long Senate confirmation hearing at the US Congress, Mr Hegseth was quizzed on how many countries were in the block and to name a member nation. Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth,…

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KUALA LUMPUR: United States president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, admitted to having limited knowledge about Asean, struggling to name even one member of the bloc during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday (Jan 14). Read full story

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Pete Hegseth, nominated for US Secretary of Defence, could not name a single member of the regional bloc during his confirmation hearing.

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SINGAPORE: United States President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the role of defence secretary Pete Hegseth drew criticism on Tuesday (Jan 14) for his apparent lack of knowledge about

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth put Pete Hegseth’s foreign policy chops to the test during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon.  The Illinois Democrat asked Hegseth to name one country in ASEAN, or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, that was important to the U.S. She then asked how many…

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But the hearing is unlikely to end badly for the defence secretary-hopeful.

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

Trump's defence secretary nominee Hegseth criticised after ASEAN gaffe

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