Yep. Now SECdef DUI is dodging a direct question from Ro Khanna and whether he'd follow a court order or not:
Hegseth refuses to commit to obeying courts on marines in LA
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth has refused to say whether he would follow the courts if they ruled against Donald Trump’s sending active-duty marines to Los Angeles despite California governor Gavin Newsom’s objections.
The Pentagon chief repeatedly deflected when asked at a House armed services committee hearing whether he would respect a federal district or supreme court decision on the issue.
Democratic representative Ro Khanna, of California, asked: “Whatever the federal district court decides, will you abide by it?” Hegseth answered that it was a “pending situation”.
Asked again, he said:
What I will tell you is, my job right now is to ensure the troops that we have in Los Angeles are capable of supporting law enforcement.
Pressed again, the defense secretary said:
We’ve always looked to the decisions of the court.
Urged again to assure people that he would respect court decisions on the issue, Hegseth said:
What I can say is we should not have local judges determining foreign policy or national security policy for the country.
“So you’re not willing to say you would respect those decisions?” Hegseth was asked. He replied:
What I’m saying is, local district judges shouldn’t make foreign policy for the United States
Edit: fixed the spelling of the representative’s name
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