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Pete Hegseth faces Congress over Pentagon's unprecedented $1.5 trillion budget as Democrats vow to block it

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Serviceable news brief on the Hegseth budget hearing that leans on Democratic critics for conflict framing while leaving several significant factual and contextual gaps unaddressed.

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