Hegseth’s Exoneration, Blinken Under Fire, UK Bans Puberty Blockers | Dec. 11

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🗓️ 11 December 2024

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former colleagues of Pete Hegseth shed light on smears against Trump’s defense secretary pick. The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee hears from Antony Blinken about the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. The United Kingdom bans puberty blockers for minors indefinitely. FBI Director Christoper Wray announces he will resign. The House of Representatives will vote to approve the annual defense policy bill. The nation’s capital is ready for federal employees to return to in-person work. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/11/pete-hegseth-former-colleagues-against-media-smears/ Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-cast Problematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-women The Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown Follow The Daily Signal: X: https://x.com/DailySignal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/ Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignal Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignal Thanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day’s top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode.

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0:00.0	Former colleagues of Pete Hegseth shed light on smears against Trump's Defense Secretary Pick.
0:06.9	I'm Elizabeth Mitchell. This is the Daily Signal, Top News in 10, for Wednesday, December 11th.
0:20.1	Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, has been hard at work on Capitol Hill, seeking to persuade Republican senators to support his confirmation.
0:31.1	HegSeth is a former Fox News Channel host and a veterans advocate.
0:35.3	His fellow soldiers, veterans who worked with Hegseth at Concerned
0:38.6	Veterans for America, have his back. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Signals Bradley Devlin,
0:44.7	several of Hegset's former colleagues at CVA are refuting allegations that stem from his time
0:50.0	at the head of the Veterans Advocacy Organization. A series of allegations ranging from workplace misconduct to sexual assault has sidetracked
0:59.1	the Senate confirmation process.
1:01.4	Hegset was CEO of Concerned Veterans for America.
1:04.9	Bradley, what did Hegset's former colleagues say about the allegations?
1:09.3	Yeah, the allegations are threefold. One, that there was
1:12.0	workplace misconduct. Two, that he mismanaged CVA's funds, and three, that a combination of
1:17.9	those factors led to CVA and Hegseff parting ways. These folks said that every single part
1:24.7	of the allegations made in the corporate media by anonymous sources was false.
1:29.7	We spoke to Mark Lucas. Mark Lucas was the CEO who followed Heggseth at CVA.
1:36.3	He said that he inherited a, quote, world-class organization, end quote, and that it was a very
1:41.5	financially healthy organization poised to do great work in Washington, D.C.
1:45.9	As for the other accusations, workplace misconduct ranged from drunk on the job to a toxic workplace environment,
1:55.2	Heggseth fostering a toxic workplace environment. Well, we found Tim Unez. Timunez was the event manager for 100 events,
2:03.6	nearly 100 events that CVA put on over Hegeseth's tenure. That means that they were doing an event
2:08.8	nearly once every two weeks. Tim was the guy backstage, micing up Pete Hegeseth, making sure
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