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Trump has commended his Pentagon chief.<br \/>The top Democrat in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, asked in a post: &#8220;Why is Pete Hegseth still around?&#8221;<br \/>Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has been a polarizing figure who has made enemies even within his own Republican Party. Critics in Congress are targeting his conduct of the Iran war, which Vice President JD Vance has said cost Republicans control of Congress, his firing of top military officers and strained relations with lawmakers as the administration seeks a $1.5 trillion defense spending package.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a video message on Thursday vowing to fight efforts in Congress to impeach him and defending the Iran war as &#8220;courageous and historic&#8221; after voters punished Republicans over it in this week\u2019s midterm elections.Hegseth&#8217;s remarks, posted on social media, came as taunts from his foes in Congress intensified and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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