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Vance backs Hegseth as Congress prepares historic impeachment: ‘This isn’t about Iran’

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Lim, N. (2026, November 10). Vance backs Hegseth as Congress prepares historic impeachment: ‘This isn’t about Iran’. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4798627/jd-vance-backs-pete-hegseth-congress-prepares-historic-impeachment/

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JD Vance, Vice President, defended Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality turned War Secretary, after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced articles of impeachment against him this week. Vance dismissed any notion of impeachable crimes by Hegseth as absurd and stated that the issue is not related to Iran.

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Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary, narrowly avoided impeachment on November 11, 2026, after a majority in the House of Representatives voted against referring impeachment articles to a committee. The move was led by Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who accused Hegseth of waging war on Iran without congressional authorization and executing unlawful military orders. Despite widespread criticism following Republican losses in the midterm elections largely due to Trump's Iran war, President Donald Trump continued to support Hegseth, stating he is "doing a great job." The failure of the impeachment measure was attributed to solidarity among House Republicans and concerns that punishing military leadership for lawful operations could endanger national security.

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