Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday grilled Trump Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth about his knowledge of ASEAN, a Southeast Asian alliance. “Can you name the importance of at least one of ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth asked Pete Hegseth if could name one member of the Association of ... Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. An 11th country, East Timor ...

The Illinois Democrat tells Jake Tapper the GOP is "like the person setting the fire saying, 'Hey, you know what, we need a ...

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth put Pete Hegseth’s foreign policy chops to the test during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon. The Illinois Democrat… ...

Duckworth will not be supporting Hegseth’s nomination, which she says sends a chilling message not just to men and women in the U.S. military, but to other nations as well.

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 4, 2025.

BANGKOK — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international ...