Pete Hegseth's Tribute to Lindsey Graham Came With a $1.5 Trillion Appeal

Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turned a tribute ceremony into a trillion-dollar pitch to Congress. The Pentagon chief honored the late Sen. Lindsey Graham while making a major push for military funding at a base renaming event. Pete Hegseth pressed Congress for a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget at the Lindsey Graham ceremony CNN reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed Congress to approve a major Pentagon budget increase. He made the appeal during a ceremony renaming Joint Base Charleston after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. The South Carolina . . .