Mr. Hexseth, none of those countries are in ASEAN.

None of those three countries that you've mentioned are in ASEAN.

I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations.

Pete Hexeth had a tough confirmation hearing in the Senate.

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Peg Seth is Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary. He's a former Fox News host and National

Guard soldier. If he's confirmed he would oversee the

entire U.S. military. But since his nomination, he's come under fire from Democrats for some of his

past statements. That includes his repeated assertion that women should not serve in combat

roles in the military. Facing lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday, he walked back that stance.

But Democratic senators cast down on his qualifications and experience.

At the top of the show, you heard Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth questioning Hegeseth

for failing to name any countries that are members of a union of Southeast Asian

countries known as ASEAN. There were also some awkward exchanges about Heg-Seth's past, like this

moment with Senator Tim Cain, a Democrat from Virginia. Another colleague, not anonymous,

we have this, said that you took coworkers to a strip club.

You were drunk. You tried to dance with strippers. You had to be held off the stage. And one of your

employees in that event filed a sexual harassment charge as a result of it. Now, I know you

denied these things, but isn't that the kind of behavior that, if true,

would be disqualifying for somebody to be Secretary of Defense? Senator, anonymous false charges.

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