Pete Hegseth, the Fox TV presenter and former National Guard officer Donald Trump has picked for defense secretary, faced a tough line of questioning from opposition Democratic Party senators at his confirmation hearing. Hegseth was asked about his lack of government experience and his extramarital affairs, sexual misconduct accusations and alleged issues with alcohol abuse.
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00:00U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough
00:05questioning by opposition Democratic Party senators at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
00:11Can you name the importance of at least one of the nations in ASEAN and what type of agreement
00:18we have with at least one of those nations and how many nations are in ASEAN by the way?
00:23I couldn't tell you the exact amount of nations in that but I know we have allies in South
00:27Korea and Japan and in AUKUS with Australia and trying to work on submarines with them.
00:33Mr. Hegseth, none of those countries are in ASEAN.
00:36None of those three countries that you've mentioned are in ASEAN.
00:38I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations.
00:45Hegseth is a political commentator on the Fox Network and he previously served as an
00:50officer in the Army National Guard when he was deployed to Guantanamo Bay and to Iraq.
00:55At his confirmation hearing, Democratic senators grilled Hegseth about his inexperience in
00:59government and his extramarital affairs, sexual misconduct accusations, and alleged alcohol abuse.
01:05Hegseth fired back at what he called a smear campaign.
01:08He said his combat experience and non-governmental background qualified him to serve as head
01:13of the U.S. Defense Department.