President Donald Trump said Nov. 4 that he is not considering replacing War Secretary Pete Hegseth. He spoke a day after acknowledging that the Iran war played a role in Republican losses in the midterm elections. Trump also said he had heard nothing about moving Hegseth into the Senate seat Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn will leave when she becomes governor, though he said Hegseth would be popular in that role.

Several House members say they plan to vote on impeaching Hegseth when Congress returns Nov. 9. Trump told national media he believes the war was part of what cost his party its majorities in both chambers. He said he stands by his decision to enter the conflict alongside Israel at the end of February, and he described the aim as stopping the Iranian regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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When asked if he was considering replacing Hegseth, Trump replied: “No, I think he’s doing a very good job.”

“I did the right thing,” he told The Wall Street Journal. “I would have done it again.”

“In the majority, one of the first things we’re going to do is run Pete Hegseth out of town,” Jeffries told the audience.

Blackburn, whom Trump endorsed, became the first woman elected governor of Tennessee on Nov. 3. She defeated Democrat Jerri Green, a councilwoman and lawyer, in a race decided by a few thousand votes. A message to the Pentagon seeking Hegseth’s response to Trump’s remarks was not immediately returned. On Oct. 21, Hegseth posted on X a photo of himself with Trump at the White House, praising the president’s work ethic and pledging to serve him and the troops. On Oct. 29, Trump warned Democrats against trying to impeach Hegseth and called him a great warrior.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), an outspoken war critic who lost his primary in May, introduced articles of impeachment Sept. 15. He says he will reintroduce them next week if Hegseth does not resign. The articles allege that Hegseth violated the War Powers Resolution, including by continuing hostilities in Iran beyond the 90-day window without congressional authorization. They also allege he abused Defense Department powers in the Jan. 3 operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia. The couple is in the United States facing charges including torture, narcoterrorism, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offenses. The allegations against Hegseth have not been tested, and the source carries no response from him.

Democratic leaders vowed on Nov. 4 to begin investigations immediately and said impeachment was on the table. Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) said on a podcast that he plans to vote to impeach and expects a vote during the lame-duck session. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries made his remark at an Oct. 31 campaign event in Virginia. He stopped short of saying he would impeach Hegseth.

First Timothy 2:1-2 urges prayers for kings and all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in godliness and honesty, and that call carries weight when the man overseeing America’s military is the next target of a political campaign. Congress has a duty to examine how wars are authorized, and conservatives should welcome honest debate about it. But a promise to run a Cabinet officer out of town before any hearing or evidence looks more like payback than oversight. Let’s pray for Secretary Hegseth and President Trump, that they would have wisdom, integrity and steady nerves in the days ahead. Let’s pray for the service members and families carrying the weight of the Iran conflict, that they would be protected and sustained. Let’s pray for members of Congress in both parties, that they would pursue truth and constitutional duty rather than revenge. Let’s pray for Governor-elect Blackburn and the people of Tennessee, and for a nation that would seek peace with justice and put its trust in the Lord rather than in princes.

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian).