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Hegseth lays it on thick for Trump to shave off fallout from Iran war

Defense secretary calls impeachment effort a ‘farce’ and praises president in press conference for audience of one There was no talk of “weirdos or beardos” – two among several categories whom Pete Hegseth has made it known are unwelcome in the US armed forces under his watch. But a man with a beard had to be uppermost in his mind for him to meet journalists in the Pentagon at the ungodly hour of 8am on Tuesday.

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