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Hegseth Vows to Fight Impeachment, Defends Iran War After Midterm Rout

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Hegseth Vows to Fight Impeachment, Defends Iran War After Midterm Rout

🎖️ PENTAGON — Hegseth is now fighting two wars: Iran and his own Congress. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: An impeachment threat from a Democrat-controlled Congress forces Hegseth to spend political capital on survival rather than war-fighting. His public defiance hardens the Hegseth-vs-Vance split into an institutional confrontation. CENTCOM needs unified civilian command; it no longer has it. Tehran's negotiators watch the SecDef defend a war his VP already buried.

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