Breaking down Hegseth's rebuke of impeachment calls

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[0:00] We begin with Defense Secretary Pete

[0:01] Hexath on the offensive. He was defiant

[0:04] this morning even after a Republican

[0:06] congressman introduced articles of

[0:08] impeachment against him. Heath is

[0:10] accused of high crimes and misdemeanors.

[0:12] Among them, waging war against Iran

[0:15] without congressional approval. But the

[0:16] secretary says the impeachment push on

[0:18] Capitol Hill is politically motivated.

[0:22] What one disgruntled and defeated

[0:24] congressman is attempting is not

[0:26] oversight and it's not accountability.

[0:29] It's a political spectacle, a personal

[0:32] manifesto driven by ego and resentment.

[0:35] That's what it is. Policy disagreements,

[0:37] not high crimes, not misdemeanors,

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