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WATCH: Sen. King tells Hegseth restoring Confederate names to military bases is an 'insult'

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Sen. Angus King pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the decision to revert the names of military bases to historical Confederate figures.

Last week , President Donald Trump announced that seven bases that had changed under the Biden administration would be returned to their former names.

“This is something that we’ve been proud to do, something that’s important for the morale of the Army ,” he argued.

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English

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