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Boston Globe - Politics
Live updates -- Hegseth clashes with Democrats in second Senate hearing over the Iran war. Follow live updates. -- Hegseth battled with Democrats— and some Republicans — a day earlier during a nearly six-hour House Armed Services Committee hearing.
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