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Watch: BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue breaks down Hegseth's response to the impeachment effort

ByGary O'DonoghueChief North America correspondent at the Pentagon
  • Published1 hour ago

There was plenty of defiance and rhetorical venom from Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Tuesday, as the under-pressure US defence secretary gave his first news conference in six months.

Much of his ire was directed at the Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, who has brought articles of impeachment against him. Hegseth dismissed him as "one disgruntled and defeated congressman" who was leading a "farce and a stunt".