Tennessee U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett’s Smithsonian slam is madness

By: Mark Harmon

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 852

Last Updated: 5 days, 10 hours ago


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Congressional hearings have been rough the last couple of weeks. We’ve had to endure Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth asking for billions of dollars more for a war-of-choice in Iran that already has cost us in lives taken, money wasted, international respect and prices at the pump.

Meanwhile, both the nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Acting AG Todd Blanche, and the newly-confirmed Director of National Intelligence, lawyer Jay Clayton, could not say simply that …

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