Both U.S. senators representing Illinois slammed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be the new defense secretary.

(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator called U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s behavior during the Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday “embarrassing.” Duckworth, a disabled veteran, yelled as she tried to force Secretary of Defense nominee Pete He ...

During Tuesday's confirmation hearing, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois told defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth that she doesn't believe he is qualified for the job. Sen. Duckworth is a former Army helicopter pilot who lost her legs in a crash while serving in Iraq and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Both of Illinois' Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, voted against Hegseth's confirmation, calling him unqualified for the role.

Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth told Pete Hegseth he was "wholly unqualified" to be confirmed as Defense secretary.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, was in full combat mode as she went hard after Hegseth and his qualifications to lead the nation's military. The decorated, disabled combat veteran's questioning was perhaps the moment of this hearing.

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 asked Hegseth to name one country in ASEAN,

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in Iraq, talked to TIME ahead of Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing about his opposition to women in combat roles

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement on Stellantis

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