- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a 16-minute speech at the Pentagon to defend himself against efforts to remove him from office.
- Hegseth strongly criticised Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie, who is leading the push to oust him, labelling him a disgruntled and defeated congressman.
- The Defense Secretary's opening remarks appeared to be at least partially written by an artificial intelligence model.
- Hegseth defended himself by comparing his military operations to those carried out under previous presidential administrations without explicit congressional declarations of war.
- He claimed the impeachment was designed to target Donald Trump and framed it as an attack on military service members.
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