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Secretary Hegseth Testifies Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jun. 18, 2025

June 18, 2025 · Department of War · 3:05:39

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What happened

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine and Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing in Washington on June 18, 2025, published by the Department of War (uploaded June 18, 2025).

Why it matters

The Senate Armed Services hearing is the Senate’s principal oversight session on the department’s posture and budget — Hegseth’s testimony there is his on-record account to the committee of jurisdiction.

Scoreboard watch

Senate Armed Services Committee oversight testimony by the Secretary, the Chairman and the acting Comptroller — the FY2026 defense posture record for the scoreboard’s defense file (flagged for review; no scoreboard entry is published by this lane).

Sources: U.S. Department of War, “Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Testifies Before the Senate Armed Services Committee” uploaded June 18, 2025 (official upload, embedded above). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.