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Hegseth's treatment of lawmakers threatens Trump's $1.5 trillion defense plan

This summer, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked a Republican lawmaker what he thought the odds were that Congress would pass the Trump administration’s record $1.5 trillion defense budget request. The chances, the lawmaker responded, were about the same as Hegseth getting confirmed again by the Senate. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. “You have a problem, and you need to increase the amount and the quality of the com