Congressman Herb Conaway clarified that no one is going after the service members, but they are only after Pete Hegseth.
Representative Herb Conaway gave his honest reaction after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon briefing. In a post on X on November 10, 2026, Conaway rejected Hegseth’s claim that critics were endangering service members.
“Nobody is coming after our service members. We’re coming after you for your reckless actions and dangerous incompetence.”
Conaway speaks from a veteran’s vantage point. He spent four years as an Air Force captain at McGuire Air Force Base. He is now a vice-ranking member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He practiced medicine for years before winning a House seat in 2024. He also spent 25 years in the New Jersey Assembly. His break with Hegseth is not new. In 2025, he called for the secretary’s resignation over the Signal chat leak.
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Herb Conaway Clarifies They Are Going After Pete Hegseth for His Reckless Actions and Dangerous Incompetence
Hegseth used his first Pentagon briefing since May to argue the opposite. Representative Thomas Massie filed eight articles of impeachment the day before. Hegseth called them a “farce” aimed at the ranks rather than at himself. “Politicians in Washington have accused the sailors and the pilots who struck narco-terrorist boats of war crimes,” Hegseth said. He warned the resolution was “the next step” toward prosecuting troops who followed orders.
“If they want to come for the warriors, they are going to have to come through me.”
On the other hand, Representative Ro Khanna is pressing the same case from a different angle and suggested impeaching Hegseth and ending the Iran War. Representative Sara Jacobs called the secretary “dangerous” and promised a yes vote to impeach the secretary.
Conaway’s post made it clear that they are only after the secretary and have no interest in pursuing the pilots and sailors who were following orders. The target is Hegseth, and the reason is the one he named: reckless actions and dangerous incompetence.
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