11 Democrats, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, did not vote in the procedural motion that came just hours after Hegseth blasted efforts to impeach him as a farce and delivered a defiant defense
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz (not pictured), at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, November 10, 2026. (Reuters)