{"id":2601637,"date":"2026-05-12T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-hegseth-and-caine-appear-before-house-and-senate\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:11:53","slug":"watch-live-hegseth-and-caine-appear-before-house-and-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-hegseth-and-caine-appear-before-house-and-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine appear before House and Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-hegseth-and-caine-appear-before-house-and-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pete Hegseth, the War Secretary, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are scheduled to testify in back-to-back congressional hearings on Tuesday-first before the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-democrats-blast-israel-aid-from-us-even-after-hamas-cease-fire\/\" title=\"Progressive Democrats Blast Israel Aid From US Even After Hamas Cease-Fire\">defense subcommittee<\/a> and then before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizonas-maricopa-county-board-of-supervisors-rejects-arizona-senate-subpoena-demands-now-face-contempt-charges\/\" title=\"Arizona\u2019s Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Rejects Arizona Senate Subpoena Demands \u2013 Now ... Contempt Charges\">senate\u2019<\/a>s counterpart. They will defend the Pentagon\u2019s proposed $1.5 trillion request for the 2027 budget. In both sessions, they are expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >face tough questioning<\/a> from Democrats and Republicans, likely focusing on the cost and rationale of U.S. involvement involving Iran.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>War Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1991\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dan-caine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11774\">Dan Caine<\/a> are set to appear for back-to-back <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11272\">House<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> hearings on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will first appear before the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s defense subcommittee before moving to the Senate\u2019s counterpart. They are expected to defend their $1.5 trillion request for the 2027 budget.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4564176\/watch-live-hegseth-caine-back-to-back-house-senate-hearings\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine appear for back-to-back House and Senate hearings<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4563887\/graham-reevaluation-us-pakistan-iran-aircraft\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Graham urges \u2018reevaluation\u2019 of US-Pakistan ties after Iranian aircraft reportedly sheltered<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4563196\/trump-strategic-impasse-iran-negotiations-fail\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump stuck in Iran-shaped \u2018cul-de-sac\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The Pentagon leaders are expected to face a fierce line of questioning from both Democrats and Republicans, which will likely focus on the cost and justification of the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine face back-to-back hearings Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2601638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/043026_SENATE_ARMED_SERVICES_HEGSETH-21-e1777572132822.jpg?w=683","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[70371,4402,72864],"class_list":["post-2601637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-breaking-news-2","tag-congress","tag-live-coverage-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/043026_SENATE_ARMED_SERVICES_HEGSETH-21-e1777572132822.jpg?w=683","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601637"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601641,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601637\/revisions\/2601641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}