Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, revealed an embarrassing ignorance about a major geopolitical organization during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Hegseth,

Pete Hegseth's lawyer said he "performed superbly" in his appearance before senators amid criticism after he appeared not to know what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is.

Donald Trump’s controversial nominee could soon be confirmed by Republicans to lead the Department of Defense.

During his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee couldn’t name a single member of the Southeast Asian bloc.

But did this happen at the Pete Hegseth hearings in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week? If you thought those kinds of questions would dominate the hearings, you must be living under the illusion that we live in a serious country.

Pete Hegseth would be one of the youngest defense chiefs and among the most inexperienced, having never led a major business or government department. Instead he appealed to Trump through television appearances.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one member and how many countries were in the bloc.

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was unable to name a single country from the Association

Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks struggled to answer basic questions during their Senate confirmation hearings this week. There was litany of obfuscation and waffling across the board,

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy announced Friday that he would vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense.