Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has trained with U.S. Marines in Germany ahead of his first NATO meeting. Hegseth is currently on a week-long trip that includes visits to Germany, Belgium and Poland, after he narrowly made it through the Senate 's confirmation process in which Vice President JD Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote.

But his forceful comments gained him a nod from one key listener: U.S. President Donald Trump. And Hegseth — who on Saturday wraps up a weeklong trip to Belgium, Germany and Poland — delivered a message at the heart of Trump's “America First” agenda.

Draw made Friday for the round of 16 in the UEFA Conference League: Mar. 6 Jagiellonia Bialystok (Poland) vs. Cercle Brugge (Belgium) Borac Banja Luka (Bosnia-Herzegovina) vs. Rapid Vienna (Austria) Mar.

Results Sunday from Open 13 Provence at Palais des Sports (seedings in parentheses): Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Benjamin Bonzi, France, def. Sander Gille, Belgium, and Jan Zielinski (2), Poland, 6-3, 6-4.

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