In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one member and how many countries were in the bloc.
Honestly if someone didn’t call this out and say “So you feel all positions should be a meritocracy… Do you think there may be candidates with more merit than you have in the aspects of geopolitics”.
Honestly if someone didn’t call this out and say “So you feel all positions should be a meritocracy… Do you think there may be candidates with more merit than you have in the aspects of geopolitics”.