“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday insisted the Pentagon’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles was lawful. He just couldn’t cite the law he was following,” Politico reports.
“The Pentagon chief clashed with several lawmakers at a Senate budget hearing as he sought to defend President Donald Trump’s decision to send thousands of troops, including 700 active-duty Marines, to California in response to mass deportation protests.”
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