Pete Hegseth at the completion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in ...

J.D. Vance swears in Pete Hegseth as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense despite the controversies surrounding his nomination.

asked Pete Hegseth if could name one member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, describe what type of agreement the U.S. had with the countries and how many nations were in the bloc.

ANALYSIS: Trump has finally bent the Senate to his will. And, as Eric Garcia writes, he has done it at the expense of ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense ... ASEAN’s members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Tammy Duckworth put Pete Hegseth’s foreign policy chops to the ... The 10 members of ASEAN are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

During his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee couldn’t name a single member of the Southeast Asian bloc.

Pete Hegseth had trouble answering a question about ... ASEAN is made up of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

ASEAN members Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei are locked in ... creating the largest trade bloc in history. ALSO SEE: Pete Hegseth confronts allegations of misconduct as senators ...