Washington, Nov. 10 -- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has defended the war in Iran as necessary despite questions about its electoral cost, brushed aside impeachment concerns and urged Republicans to approve a major military funding package.

Delivering remarks at the Naval War College on Monday (local time) before speaking with journalists, Hegseth concurred with US President Donald Trump's position that he would take military action again.

"This was a -- it doesn't have to be necessarily popular, but it can be necessary."

His statements followed a reporter citing a social media post in which the Vice President reportedly claimed that pollsters viewed the Iran war as the primary factor behind Republican setbacks in the midterm electi...