{"id":928757,"date":"2026-04-30T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/928757\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:23:26","slug":"live-updates-hegseth-faces-another-day-of-grilling-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/928757\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Hegseth faces another day of grilling on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces another day of grilling<\/a> on Capitol Hill, with senators getting their first opportunity on Thursday to confront or praise the Pentagon chief<\/a> over his handling of the Iran war.<\/p>\n

Hegseth battled with Democrats \u2014 and some Republicans \u2014 a day earlier during a nearly six-hour House Armed Services Committee hearing<\/a>, where he faced sharp questioning over the war\u2019s costs in dollars, lives and the diminishing stockpiles of critical weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Senate Armed Services Committee will hear a similar presentation on the Trump administration\u2019s 2027 military budget proposal<\/a>, which would boost defense spending to a historic $1.5 trillion. Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, will again stress the need for more drones<\/a>, missile defense systems and warships.<\/p>\n

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