Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will appear before relevant House and Senate committees later this week, where he will face difficult questions about the first few months of his tenure.
The hearings he will participate in are intended to focus on the Defense Department’s fiscal 2026 budget, which is expected to exceed $1 trillion for the first time, though committee members will likely take their allotted time to ask him about a litany of topics that have dominated since his confirmation in late January.
He will appear alongside Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who will also be making his first post-confirmation appearance on the hill. Caine replaced Gen. Charles Q. Brown, whom President Donald Trump fired in February for unspecified reasons.
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