Hegseth Calls Impeachment ‘All Politics’ As He Touts Record of Recruitment, Retention, and Lethality

<![CDATA[Despite delivering historic gains in speed of acquisitions, recruitment, and retention, and while managing a still-tense situation in the Strait of Hormuz, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth opened Tuesday’s Pentagon briefing by defending his job against the one Republican congressman he personally campaigned to defeat.Secretary of War Pete Hegseth opened Tuesday’s Pentagon briefing by immediately dismissing the impeachment push against him as “a farce” and “a stunt,” accusing Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-04) of staging a personal political spectacle driven by ego and resentment in his final days in Congress. Hegseth, speaking at the podium in his first formal Pentagon news conference since May, said what “one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight and it’s not accountability. It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment” aimed at damaging the president, the country, and “most irresponsibly, the warriors who defend it.”]]>