Confirmation Cross-Examination
Hegseth: Israel should kill ‘every last member of Hamas’
President-elect Trump’s defense secretary nominee said his Christian faith drives his support for Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship

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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Pete Hegseth, the veteran and Fox News personality turned President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of defense, testified at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday that his Christian faith dictates his commitment to supporting Israel and that he...