Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday grilled Trump Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth about his knowledge of ASEAN, a Southeast Asian alliance. “Can you name the importance of at least one of ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 4, 2025.

Duckworth will not be supporting Hegseth’s nomination, which she says sends a chilling message not just to men and women in the U.S. military, but to other nations as well.

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name ...

During the confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of Defense, Sen. Tammy Duckworth asked the nominee for factual details about the Association ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth put Pete Hegseth’s foreign policy chops to the test during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon. The Illinois Democrat… ...

Duckworth will not be supporting Hegseth's nomination, which she says sends a chilling message not just to men and women in ...

BANGKOK — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international ...

The Department of Defense is the largest employer in the United States, sending out paychecks to 2.1 million service members and more than 770,000 civilians. Its annual budget — $900 billion ...