"He wants to perform. He doesn't want to answer questions about these strikes on boats in Venezuela," the Arizona Democratic senator said Tuesday.

But many also sounded exasperated that once again they were dealing with controversy sparked by Bradley’s boss, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. And after 10 months of turbulence under Hegseth’s leadership,

Hegseth’s appearance drew heightened attention as he faces criticism over a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.

Lawmakers from both parties say they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea

Pete Hegseth torched then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 over his insistence that members of the military would follow illegal orders he issued. The post ‘Here’s the Problem With Trump’: Pete Hegseth Torched Trump Over Illegal Orders Bluster in 2016 first appeared on Mediaite.

Newsmax senior judicial analyst former Judge Andrew Napolitano said Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should face trial over war crime allegations, after reports surfaced he directed the military to “kill everybody” during a strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

Attorney General Pam Bondi also argued that service members must disobey unlawful orders before joining Trump’s DOJ