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

Pete Hegseth gives troops their mission hours after being confirmed as Defense Secretary - New defense secretary outlines top three goals: ‘Restoring the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military, and re

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, revealed an embarrassing ignorance about a major geopolitical organization during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Hegseth,

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was questioned about ASEAN during a heated Senate confirmation and struggled with his response.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

During his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee couldn’t name a single member of the Southeast Asian bloc.

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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Combat veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth has been confirmed by the US Senate as President Donald Trump's defence secretary Meanwhile, Trump has toured Los Angeles areas which were ravaged by fires, meeting with local authorities and first responders

Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, born in Bangkok to a Thai mother and an American father, posed the question to Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s ... Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Australia, one of the countries Hegseth mentioned, isn’t even on the Asian continent.

J.D. Vance swears in Pete Hegseth as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense despite the controversies surrounding his nomination.