Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) continued her attacks on President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, during an appearance on The View, saying he is not qualified for the job. ABC News’s The View co-host Sara Haines asked the Illinois senator about Hegseth’s previous comments about women serving in combat and how it could lead

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.) with Australia.”

The Illinois U.S. senator posed questions aimed at exposing Pete Hegseth for lack of experience running a government agency and questioned why the defense secretary nominee should be confirmed.

During Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing in the Senate today, Senator Tammy Duckworth lost it on Hegseth over his qualification for the nomination.

Many Republican senators have lamented the fact that the Pentagon has repeatedly failed financial audits, but Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D., Ill.) focused on Pete Hegseth’s lack of experience with audits at two veterans organizations he led.

Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat on the committee who happens to be disabled combat veteran who lost both of her legs when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Army Black Hawk helicopter she was piloting in Iraq.

Tensions were heated on Tuesday as Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth grilled President-elect Donald Trump's nominee Pete Hegseth.