What is Asean? Do not ask Pete Hegseth – Trump’s pick for defence secretary
PETE Hegseth - Donald Trump’s choice for defence secretary - was left red-faced at a Senate confirmation hearing when he could not answer basic questions regarding Asean, the South-east Asian grouping of 10 nations.
Tammy Duckworth asked the nominee for factual details about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including its ...
SOUTH-EAST Asia’s fastest climbers are about to get faster – economic growth this year is anticipated to accelerate across ...
Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, born in Bangkok to a Thai mother and an American father, posed the question to Pete ...
Can Anwar Ibrahim's diplomatic finesse help Malaysia steer Asean through the storm of rising trade tensions and regional ...
Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks struggled to answer basic questions during their Senate confirmation ...
Singapore’s foreign affairs minister was speaking after the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi on Jan 18 and 19, ...
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Trump’s Defense Pick Embarrasses Himself in Basic Geography QuestionOnly a few days later, Hegseth was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as defense secretary, and he has since tried to backtrack on that statement. Presumably, Trump did not have a problem with his ...
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