Article 79HNE Pete Hegseth may take fall for Republicans’ midterm losses, despite Trump support

Pete Hegseth may take fall for Republicans’ midterm losses, despite Trump support

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Cecilia Nowell and agencies
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Pete Hegseth is increasingly looking like he may take the fall for Republicans' midterm losses, despite Donald Trump's vocal support for his defense secretary, even calling him a champion of war.

The war in Iran, which voters and Trump have named as a key reason for Republicans' midterm losses, has been primarily a Department of War-led effort because you chose to take military action to resolve a foreign policy matter", a former senior Pentagon official told CNN.

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