Lloyd Austin
Sara Sidner put the GOP representative on blast for "equating" controversy surrounding Hegseth to a scandal involving his predecessor.
“They've broken the military,” said Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), claiming they've made the U.S. military too “politicized” to win wars.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned that ceasing military support now “will only invite more aggression, chaos and war.”
A court has ruled against Lloyd Austin's effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The incident occurred the same day lawmakers sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asking him to re-ground the military’s entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging Western allies to support his so-called "victory plan" to end the almost three-year war against Russia.
Letters sent to families of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the al-Qaida attacks said the plea agreement stipulated the three would serve life sentences.
Austin underwent a medical procedure Friday evening and has resumed duty after temporarily transferring power to his deputy.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress Thursday that Israeli forces had killed 25,000 women and children, but the Pentagon then said Austin was citing Gaza health ministry numbers on the total number of Palestinians killed.
The Department of Defense said the secretary's staff dealt with "an unprecedented situation."