Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in Iraq, talked to TIME ahead of Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing about his ...

a veteran who lost both her legs in Iraq. More: Why Pete Hegseth nomination is a milestone for the rightwing Christian movement he follows After winning the support of Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a ...

Image Senator Joni Ernst’s support is viewed as critical ... an Army veteran who lost her legs in the Iraq war. “You are asking us to lower the standards to make you the secretary of defense ...

Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat on the committee who happens to be disabled combat veteran who lost both of her legs when a rocket-propelled ... Trump down to his MAGA base. I know [Sen.] Joni ...

As far as Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of Defense goes, Senator Joni Ernst was the ball game, and it was over in ...

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth ...

Iowa GOP Senator Joni Ernst got elected in 2014 promising that ... like his demand that soldiers shoot protesters “in the legs” during Black Lives Matter actions in June 2020, Hegseth ...

President Donald Trump’s expert cost-cutters in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will next target the Pentagon's defense budget – a move that could be unpopular with Republicans.

Even the one GOP committee member who at first signaled she had problems with Hegseth — Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa ... Duckworth, who lost her legs and the use of an arm when a grenade hit the ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), one of two female veteran senators ... Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a combat veteran who lost both legs during the war in Iraq, accused Hegseth of not being qualified for ...

But he weathered the four-hour hearing without making any major gaffe that might have alienated Republicans and even won critical backing from Republican Senator Joni Ernst, who holds sway in her ...