Republican aims to schedule Markwayne Mullin confirmation hearing next week after Kristi Noem’s ouster –US politics live
by Lucy Campbell (now); Shrai Popat and Tom Ambrose ( from World news | The Guardian on (#744NM)
Rand Paul, top Republican on Senate homeland security committee, says he hopes to schedule Mullin's confirmation hearing for Wednesday 18 March
Hegseth says the aftermath of the conflict is going to be in America's interests" and says it will not live under a nuclear blackmail" from Iran.
It comes shortly after the defence secretary reiterated president Donald Trump's threat that if Iran does anything to prevent the flow of oil in the strait of Hormuz, it will be hit twenty times harder".
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