- Pete Hegseth will hold a live news conference from the Pentagon at 8:00 AM Eastern on Tuesday, November 10, which can be streamed live on War.gov, YouTube, X, Rumble, and Zoom.
- This marks Hegseth's first Pentagon press conference since May, breaking a months-long silence despite ongoing military actions in Iran, Yemen, and Latin America.
- The briefing directly follows an impeachment resolution filed Monday by Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, alleging "high crimes and misdemeanors" over Hegseth's handling of the Iran conflict and other military operations.
- The impeachment threat arrives after sweeping Republican midterm losses widely attributed to the economic fallout and rising oil prices stemming from the more than eight-month-old war in Iran.
- Donald Trump and top Pentagon officials have firmly backed Hegseth, while Hegseth has launched a social media counteroffensive, framing the impeachment effort as politically motivated and pledging to remain in office through the end of the term.
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