Pete Hegseth, narco boat
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Hegseth is facing growing scrutiny over Signalgate and strikes against suspected narcotic smuggling vessels in the Caribbean.
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Pete Hegseth has enough votes to become nation’s Secretary of Defense, top Republican tells Trump - The former Fox News host is due to attend a confirmation hearing for the top Pentagon job on January
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth was already facing questions for his role in the September 2 strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Then on Thursday, a Pentagon report dropped that says he risked a United States bombing mission in Yemen when he shared classified plans on Signal.
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Republican Rep. Says Hegseth Should Resign If He Was Involved In Follow-On Attack Against Survivors Of Alleged Drug VesselRepublican Rep. Don Bacon said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should leave his post if it's confirmed that he was involved in the decision to conduct a second strike against survivors of a first attack against an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean.
The newspaper said the rules violate the Constitution's freedom of speech and due process provisions, since they give Hegseth the power to determine on his own whether a reporter should be banned.
It follows a controversial week for Hegseth, who was accused of issuing a potentially illegal “kill everyone” order before on a suspected drug boat on Sept. 2. Hegseth and the White House shifted the blame to Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the operational commander who ordered that two survivors of the initial strike be killed.
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According to The Washington Post, the boat strike initially left two survivors. A second strike was reportedly ordered to comply with Hegseth's directive.
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A Former Defense Secretary Says Pete Hegseth Isn’t Tough Enough for the JobPanetta, 87, served as Barack Obama’s Defense secretary from 2011 to 2013, confirmed by the Senate in a 100-0 vote. The bipartisan support for the lifelong Democrat might have been explained by any number of accomplishments throughout his decades-long career: As CIA director,
The hosts of The View harshly criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the White House for shifting blame to Admiral Frank M. Bradley over a controversial second military strike on alleged drug traffickers near Venezuela.