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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed repeatedly with Democratic senators during a tense Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on June 18, 2025, reviewing the Pentagon's fiscal year 2026 budget request. The hearing grew heated as Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) pressed Hegseth on the military's authority to detain or arrest protesters, demanding, "Did you authorize them to detain or arrest? Be a man." Hegseth insisted there was "zero indication" that troops were ordered to shoot protesters, but repeatedly declined to answer whether force could be used against unarmed civilians. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) also unloaded on Hegseth, criticizing t
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