Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s exclusion of congressional Democrats from classified briefings has drawn the ire of at least one Senate Republican.
Hegseth, according to Politico, has been making massive budget requests for his department as the Iran war drags on. But in the process, he reportedly has kept Democrats on the outs—a move that concerns Republicans who say Democratic votes may be needed to pass funding legislation.
“He calls himself the secretary of war, but ironically, he doesn’t want to go to war and win the argument with nearly half the members of the Senate,” said 65-year-old Thom Tillis, the retiring North Carolina senator who has split with Trump on several issues during his second term. “You got to engage.”
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