A senator told Hegseth: "I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations." ...

During his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee couldn’t name a single member of the Southeast Asian bloc.

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 negotiations, asked Pete ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was questioned about ASEAN during a heated Senate confirmation and struggled with his response.

His attorney, Tim Parlatore, told Newsweek: "If Mr. Hegseth's unfamiliarity with an economic union to which the United States is not a party is the only criticism you can muster o ...

Pete Hegseth, the controversial Republican nominee for United States Secretary of Defence, has been nominated by the U.S.

Tammy Duckworth put Pete Hegseth’s foreign policy chops to the ... The Illinois Democrat asked Hegseth to name one country in ASEAN, or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, that was ...

Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, was taking questions from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) when she challenged him to ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS ...

Pete Hegseth's lawyer said he "performed superbly" in his appearance before senators amid criticism after he appeared not to know what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN ...

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled ... he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS ...