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Senator Duckworth Slams Defense Secretary Over Leadership Failures

6/19/2025

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Senator Tammy Duckworth fiercely condemned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, calling his leadership a "failure." She expressed deep concern over the focus on renaming military bases while warning against the dangerous precedent of deploying troops for policing in American cities, emphasizing the need to keep military forces out of domestic affairs.

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Senator Tammy Duckworth fiercely condemned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, calling his leadership a "failure." She expressed deep concern over the focus on renaming military bases while warning against the dangerous precedent of deploying troops for policing in American cities, emphasizing the need to keep military forces out of domestic affairs.