Hegseth meanwhile said Iranian forces are attempting to dig out equipment buried during the more than five weeks of US-Israeli strikes against the Islamic Republic.
The scrutiny surrounding Hegseth’s brash leadership style is surfacing what has been long-building discontent in Congress over President Donald Trump’s choice to helm the US military.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in its statement said, "The two Ministers reviewed the extensive India-US defence cooperation activities covering multiple domains in land, air, maritime and space."
Three Republican senators voted against Donald Trump's pick as secretary of defence, resulting in a 50-50 tie that required J.D. Vance to cast the deciding ballot
Some of the most potentially fiery hearings are yet to be scheduled, including for RFK Jr. and Kash Patel, two conspiracy theorists who are Trump's nominees to run the HHS and the FBI, respectively.
