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Hegseth’s hearing Tuesday before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee will be his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since he squeaked through his Senate confirmation with a tie-breaking vote. It was the closest vote of any Cabinet member.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has refused to answer questions on the cost of deploying Marines to L.A. when asked by the subcommittee’s top Democrat. Rep. Betty McCollum said “this is a deeply unfair position to put our Marines in.

The Defense Secretary on Tuesday appeared for his first of three congressional hearings on Capitol Hill, where he was pressed about the cost of sending 700 Marines to LA

House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA) grilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over President Trump’s controversial decision to deploy the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles without state approval.

Minn., opened a hearing on the Defense budget Tuesday by sharply questioning Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s response to demonstrations in Los Angeles and how the federal government was paying for it.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to testify before a House panel on Tuesday, his first time on Capitol Hill since being sworn in five months ago and as questions swirl about the deployment of troops to Los Angeles as part of an immigration crackdown.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress Tuesday that the Pentagon’s collaboration with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found $6 billion in cuts so far from the agency’s budget of nearly $1 trillion.