The Illinois Democrat countered Hegseth's curious refusal to name Russia as the aggressor in the Ukraine war with his own work as a former Fox News host.

The Soviets ended up winning the Winter War, but it was a Pyrrhic victory for Moscow. U.S. secretary of defense Pete Hegseth’s recent controversial statement that Ukraine’s “borders won’t be rolled back to what everybody would like them to be in 2014” has caused much consternation for Ukraine and its supporters.

After a week of disastrous messaging by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, resulting in a 180-degree turn and leaving European leaders and some Americans wondering what U.S. foreign policy is, the Trump administration is once again under fire as critics charge the team he has assembled to

Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ) praises President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Rep. Crane says it was important for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “break with the traditional talking points” and call out Europe for not doing their part to support Ukraine.

In war there is no substitute for victory." While MacArthur was referring to wars engaged in by the U.S., his philosophy could also be applied to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appeared to let the cat out of the bag when he wrongly stated even before peace negotiations begin that Ukraine should not expect to regain territory lost to Vladimir Putin's invasion of the sovereign nation.

On the day before the third anniversary of the brutal, lawless invasion of Ukraine, “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether it’s “fair to say” that Russia’s attack was unprovoked.

Two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers declined to describe Russia as the aggressor in the war in Ukraine, as the administration seeks Vladimir Putin’s support for a peace deal.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz both refused to call Russia the aggressor in the Ukrainian war, in separate interviews three years after Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion.

Pete Hegseth faces backlash for refusing to call Russia the aggressor in the Ukraine war, despite past Fox News remarks labeling Putin an authoritarian and Moscow's actions an invasion.

Fox News host Shannon Bream confronted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after Russian President Vladimir Putin planned to take a "victory lap" because the Kremlin believes President Donald Trump "abandoned Ukraine.

Bream had already pressed Hegseth about a reluctance among Trump administration officials to state in no uncertain terms that Russia was the aggressor.