Republican Senators Reveal Confidence in Pentagon Pete Is Plummeting
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Republican senators say confidence is waning in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the U.S. armed forces as the war with Iran drags on without an end in sight.
Some GOP lawmakers are questioning the administration’s failure to anticipate the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused oil and gas prices to rise dramatically since February, or its failure to anticipate Iran’s willingness to strike neighboring allies like Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The conflict’s expansion into the Red Sea, where Iran-backed Houthi militants have targeted Saudi oil shipments, is another development some Republicans believe caught the Pentagon off guard.
“I don’t have any confidence in him anymore.
I think he’s all over the place, he’s accelerating the retirement or forcing out some of the most distinguished leaders in the DOD that we have,” Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5989578-senate-rnc-defense-leadership-crisis/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5989578-senate-rnc-defense-leadership-crisis/">told The Hill, referring to the Department of Defense.
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