Live updates: Hegseth, Caine return to Hill as Trump heads to China
Source: The Hill News · Bias: Center
Summary
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be on Capitol Hill for budget hearings in both chambers on Tuesday morning. The testimony comes as President Trump’s snap decision to pull 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany isn’t moving the needle in pushing European nations to enter the U.S. war in Iran or help Washington reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and…
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