Watch live: Hegseth, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair testify before Senate on Defense budget
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine will testify Tuesday morning before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Defense Department's fiscal 2026 budget request.
The hearing comes as the administration has faced criticism over the deployment of troops to Los Angeles amid protests over local immigration raids. Hegseth testified before the House on Tuesday.
The budget request includes a 13 percent spending increase focused on investments to 'strengthen the safety, security, and sovereignty of the homeland; deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific; and revitalize the U.S. defense industrial base.'
The event is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EDT.
Watch the live video above.
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