Key Republican signals support for Pete Hegseth to lead Pentagon as more senators endorse him – live
Joni Ernst issued supportive statement after meeting with Hegseth as John Cornyn and Ted Cruz also publicly support Fox News hostAlso expected on Capitol Hill today is Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who Donald Trump nominated for the role of director of national intelligence. The Guardian’s Andrew Roth reports that her connections to Syria’s now-former president Bashar al-Assad and other US adversaries have caused deep concern among the national security community:In 2018, a Syrian dissident codenamed Caesar was set to testify before the House foreign affairs committee about the torture and summary executions that had become a signature of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on opposition during Syria’s civil war. Continue reading...
Joni Ernst issued supportive statement after meeting with Hegseth as John Cornyn and Ted Cruz also publicly support Fox News host
Also expected on Capitol Hill today is Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who Donald Trump nominated for the role of director of national intelligence. The Guardian’s Andrew Roth reports that her connections to Syria’s now-former president Bashar al-Assad and other US adversaries have caused deep concern among the national security community:
In 2018, a Syrian dissident codenamed Caesar was set to testify before the House foreign affairs committee about the torture and summary executions that had become a signature of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on opposition during Syria’s civil war.
