Republican Senators Reveal Confidence in Pentagon Pete Is Plummeting

Elizabeth Frantz / REUTERS Republican senators say confidence is waning in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the U.S. armed forces as the war with Iran drags on without an end in sight. Some GOP lawmakers are questioning the administration’s failure to anticipate the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused oil and gas prices to rise dramatically since February, or its failure to anticipate Iran’s willingness to strike neighboring allies like Jordan, Kuwait and…