Dem Star Humiliates Stuttering Pentagon Pete With War Questions

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pointing ask he testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as the Trump administration seeks $70 million more for the war in Iran.https://thedailybeast-thedailybeast-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WCUI7OK7PFH55FMXJWRAPSKQC4.JPG?auth=b7c784927284fdaf5358619ebf3203218f9414fe6370eb0630e5799e4d142e83&smart=true&width=2386&height=1342" />
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Pete Hegseth was left stumbling through his responses after Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff used the defense secretary’s own words on the Iran war in a blistering grilling on Capitol Hill.

The Pentagon chief was appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, where the Georgia senator used his own bluster about how well the war was going against him.

It came as Hegseth estimated that the war has cost $37.5 billion to date, and President Donald Trump has signaled no end in sight to the war he started at the end of February.

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