Jan 14, 2025 · Sen. Tammy Duckworth put Pete Hegseth’s foreign policy chops to the test during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon.

Jan 16, 2025 · ASEAN members Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei are locked in maritime disputes with China over its claims of sovereignty over virtually all of the South China Sea, one of the world's...

Jan 15, 2025 · In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one member and how many countries were in the bloc.

Duckworth is the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, the first person born in Thailand elected to Congress, the first woman with a disability elected to Congress, the first female double amputee in the Senate, and the first senator to give birth while in office.

Jan 15, 2025 · Pete Hegseth had trouble answering a question about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Sen. Tammy Duckworth broached the topic during a heated Senate confirmation for Hegseth....

Jan 16, 2025 · US Senator Tammy Duckworth, born in Bangkok, put Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense through his paces on Tuesday. At length, Senator Duckworth exposed Pete Hegseth’s lack of knowledge regarding Southeast Asia, particularly the ASEAN bloc and America’s treaty partners, including Thailand.

Jan 14, 2025 · Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Monday said President-elect Trump’s nominee for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is “vulnerable” to blackmail from U.S. foreign adversaries and reiterated her...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday grilled Trump Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth about his knowledge of ASEAN, a Southeast Asian alliance. “Can you name the importance of at least one of ...

Jan 15, 2025 · BANGKOK (AP) — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international...

Jan 16, 2025 · But some of the most striking and revealing exchanges were with Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Iraq War veteran who served in combat as a helicopter pilot. When asked by...