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Trump praises Hegseth after failed impeachment effort and shrugs off Iran war criticism - live

Trump praises Hegseth after failed impeachment effort and shrugs off Iran war criticism - live

President claims US ‘did not start war with Iran’ in Veterans Day speech where he also backed defense secretary again day after failed impeachment vote

Some Democrats, out of the 11 who missed the key procedural vote on Tuesday to impeach Pete Hegseth, blamed a traffic jam in Washington DC for their inability to make it to the US Capitol in time.

By a vote of 211-204, Republicans referred the articles of impeachment to the judiciary committee – effectively killing the effort to oust Hegseth.

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