Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) painted recent remarks from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether Ukraine would be welcomed into NATO a “rookie mistake.” “Hegseth is going to be a great Defense ...

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) thinks that former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will make a "great" defense secretary so long as he cuts down on what he describes as "rookie mistakes." In an interview with ...

Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker has said Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” in his comments about Ukraine in a ...

Senate Armed Services Chair Senator Roger Wicker torched Pete Hegseth ’s speeches at the NATO conference in Munich this week, ...

Senate Armed Services Chair Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “rookie mistake” for publicly saying a return for Ukraine to pre-2014 borders with Russia was ...

A national security expert tore into a Republican senator for his apparent failure to exercise due diligence in vetting ...

Speaking at the Pentagon on February 7, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth invoked predecessor Donald Rumsfeld’s 2001 speech declaring war on bureaucracy and “shifting resources from the ...

Speaking to Jonathan Martin at the POLITICO Pub in the Munich conference, Wicker — a staunch Ukraine supporter — said he was ...

In his first big turn on the world stage, the defense secretary has already been forced to offer a major walk-back.

The devil is always in the details. The president should be convinced to slash the waste in the military for real.

Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Defense Secretary, faced strong criticism after his NATO headquarters speech, where he suggested ...

Trump has played down any tensions. On Friday, he said he had not seen Wicker's comments but would reach out to both him and ...