Democratic lawmaker condemns Hegseth’s call for ‘no quarter’ for US enemies

Defense secretary appeared to endorse killing prisoners, a violation of international law, during press briefing A top Democratic lawmaker with a military background has reacted strongly to US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s call for “no quarter” for US enemies during a Friday press briefing at the Pentagon, calling such an order – if followed by troops – a potential violation of international law. The US senator Mark Kelly, of Arizona, posted on Friday on X that “‘No quarter’ isn’t some wan...

By Edward Helmore