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I suggest you do a little homework,” said Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, after Hegseth failed to name any of the 10 countries in the alliance.

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.) with Australia.”