New U.S. defense chief pledges to work with allies in message to ...
1 day ago · New U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged to work with Washington’s allies and partners Saturday in a message to the Defense Department as he took up his post at the Pentagon. In the short ...
Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is …
Jan 15, 2025 · During a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Senator 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.
SECDEF Hegseth's Message to Pentagon - USNI News
2 days ago · The following is the text of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s, Jan. 25, 2025, ... U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest ...
Pete Hegseth Seems Really Confused About Where Southeast …
Jan 14, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, ... “I couldn’t tell you the exact amount of nations in that, but I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan and ... with Australia,” Hegseth began responding. Duckworth cut …
Yoon Suk-yeol detained, Pete Hegseth’s Asean gaffe, Japan sex …
6 days ago · From the arrest of South Korea’s Yoon to a Japanese pop star’s sex scandal, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting. ... Yoon Suk-yeol detained, Pete Hegseth’s Asean ...
Pete Hegseth confirmed in knife-edge vote to be new U ... - The Japan …
3 days ago · U.S. Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote to confirm U.S. secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth 51-50 late Friday after the Senate split their vote over the controversial former Fox ...
Pete Hegseth's full speech after confirmation as secretary of
3 days ago · Newly-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addressed the nation after Vice President JD Vance swore him in following Senate confirmation Friday night. ... Japan Raises Interest Rate to 0.5% ...
As Hegseth Takes Charge at the Pentagon, Here’s What Changes …
1 day ago · Pete Hegseth speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Vice President JD Vance in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. ... Japan Allows 5 Countries to Renew Working Holiday Visas; Britain, Canada Among Eligible Countries ...
Pete Hegseth vote portends glide path for other Trump nominees
2 days ago · Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as U.S. Defense secretary bodes well for President Donald Trump’s other controversial Cabinet choices as well as his ability to maintain Republican support for an ...
What is ASEAN, the union referenced in Pete Hegseth's ... - The Hill
Jan 14, 2025 · Sen. Tammy Duckworth put Pete Hegseth’s foreign policy chops to the test during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon. The Illinois Democrat...