US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Thursday he would involve lawmakers in a 30-day assessment of the Aukus alliance, a day after the future of the three-country security pact was thrown into question by reports that the Pentagon was putting it under review.
“Congress will be involved,” Hegseth said in response to a question from US congressman Joe Courtney, a Connecticut Democrat, who also raised concern about the time frame allocated for analysing the pact between Australia, Britain and the US.
