AP NewsWatch 12:30pm EDT

0:00I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News Minute. Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth was interrupted during the opening statement. Hexeth says President Trump is driving a great deal with Iran, and the biggest adversary are reckless naysayers and defeatist words from congressional Democrats and some Republicans. Hexeth lists from the chief seats who two months in seek to undermine the incredible efforts that had been undertaken and the historic nature of taking on a 47-year threat with the courage no other president has had to great success and great opportunity for preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon. The Senate Armed Services Committee will hear a similar presentation from yesterday's House hearing on the Trump administration's 2027 Military Budget Proposal, which would boost defense spending to a historic $1.5 trillion. I'm Ed Donahue.