https://motube.smithandtech.com/videos/watch/1dd04bec-47e3-482a-a984-fa439ba5b20c Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the Senate Armed Services Committee to urge the approval of President Trump's $1.5T budget for the U.S. armed forces. Protestors interrupted his statement to criticize the Secretary's conduct and U.S. combat actions in Iran. Secretary Hegseth continued his criticism of those who oppose the war in Congress: "The biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless naysayers and defeatist words of congressional Democrats and some Republicans," he said. https://www.c-span.org/event/senate-committee/defense-secretary-hegseth-and-joint-chiefs-chair-testify-on-iran-war-and-2027-budget/442640 Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ Visit the C-SPAN Shop: https://c-spanshop.org/ #cspan Wed, 06 May 2026 17:57:19 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://motube.smithandtech.com https://motube.smithandtech.com/lazy-static/avatars/933c9118-81c8-4e69-a82c-512c3a13a060.jpg https://motube.smithandtech.com/videos/watch/1dd04bec-47e3-482a-a984-fa439ba5b20c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://motube.smithandtech.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.