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Hegseth battled with Democrats - and some Republicans - during a nearly six-hour House Armed Services Committee hearing, facing sharp questioning over the war's costs in dollars, lives and the diminishing stockpiles of critical weapons.

Retired Army Special Forces officer Mike Nelson criticized Hegseth's rhetoric, stating, 'That's a necessary end to achieve goals through military force - you have to kill people to achieve them. That's not the end. It's a weird obsession with death for the sake of it.'

Hegseth authorized a pause on weapons deliveries to Ukraine without notifying the president, confusing Ukrainian leaders after Trump suggested increased military aid, putting America's interests first.

That's America's secretary of defense. To use a military term, it's conduct unbecoming. He looks rattled. He obviously looks thin-skinned. He's extremely aggressive and volatile.

Cain added, 'Spot on. The kind of diagnosis you could only get from a doctor, in this case, a doctorate in the media...'

Details about American strikes in Yemen that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared on a commercial chat app came from U.S. Central Command through a secure, government system.

Hegseth was under fire Monday after a stunning series of reports revealing he had shared details of a sensitive attack against the Houthis in a Signal chat.