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Week in Politics: Hegseth's livestream backlash; Greece ambassador Guilfoyle scandal

NPR | By Scott Simon,
Ron Elving
Published October 10, 2026 at 5:40 AM MDT

Bipartisan blowback on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plans to livestream a military execution, plus a scandal involving Kimberly Guilfoyle, the US Ambassador to Greece.

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Scott Simon
Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.

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