If I had beene one of the senators questioning Pete Hegseth during his confirmation hearing, this is what I would have asked: ...

Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hesgeth ruffled feathers in S. Korea with his written statement to the Senate panel ...

John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, said of Hegseth's remarks on North Korea's status as a ...

Seoul stressed Wednesday that Pyongyang cannot hold nuclear state status, rejecting U.S. defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's reference to the North as a "nuclear power." ...

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

Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and ...

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Pete Hegseth seems destined to become America's 29th secretary of defense. Despite the hyperbole and exaggerations of Hegseth ...

Seoul says North Korea ‘can never be recognised as a nuclear-armed state’ under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Pentagon chief, referred to North Korea as a “nuclear power” in a ...

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth ... but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom ...