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The Washington Times digest stated Hegseth said impeachment \"won't work against me.\" The news-pravda.com digest quoted Hegseth as saying, \"It didn't work against President Trump. And it won't work against me.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated digests mention the specific defense funding amount of $350 billion that Hegseth requested. 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