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# Should the U.S. Defense Secretary Know What ASEAN Is? Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Appear To

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_Published 2025-01-15. During Tuesday's heated Senate confirmation hearing, Senator Tammy Duckworth grilled for Pete Hegseth over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations._


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## Transcript

Repeat the question, Senator? Sure. What is the highest level of international security agreement that you have led? And can you name some that the Secretary of Defense would lead? There's three main ones. I have not been involved in international security arrangements because I have not been in government other than serving in the military. So my job has no. You name one of the three main ones Secretary of Defense Defense arrangements. I mean, NATO might be one that you're referring to. Status of Forces agreement would be one of them. Status of Forces agreement. I've been a part of teaching about status of forces agreement.

But you don't remember do you mention it? You're not qualified, Mr. Hegeth. You're not qualified. You talk about repairing our defense industrial complex. You're not qualified to that. You could do acquisition and cross servicing agreements, which is essentially are security agreements. You can't even mention that. You've done none of those. You talked about the Indo Pacific a little bit, and I'm glad that you mentioned it up mentioned it. Can you name the importance of at least one of the nations in the Ossian in Ossian and what type of agreement we have with at least one of those nations. And how many nations are in Ossian, by the way?

I couldn't tell you the exact I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan and in August with Australia and trying to work on submarines with them Missa Hexa None of those countries allies cross None of those three countries that you've mentioned are in Ossian. I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations, Likson

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