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US House blocks bid to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth | BBC News

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An effort to impeach US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging war on Iran without congressional authorisation, has failed on Capitol Hill. A majority of the House of Representatives agreed to refer impeachment articles to a committee - essentially killing the effort introduced by dissident Republican congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky - for now. In his first news briefing from the Pentagon in six months, Hegseth called the impeachment effort a "farce" and "sabotage". The bid to find the cabinet secretary guilty of misconduct and ultimately remove him from office was s…

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