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The US House voted to block a bid by Republican Thomas Massie to force an impeachment vote against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, though Democrats can try again next year. Massie moved on November 9 to force the vote, pressing fellow Republicans to remove one of Trump's most prominent officials. The move followed sweeping election losses that were blamed in part on fallout from the war in Iran. On November 10, Hegseth called the impeachment effort over his alleged abuse of power in the Iran war a farce that would fail, describing it as a political spectacle led by an outgoing congressional opponent of Trump. Trump welcomed the outcome and praised Hegseth as a "Great American Patriot".