Democrats on Wednesday skewered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the reported refurbishing of a room in the Pentagon, which was turned into a makeup studio for senior officials to get ready for on-camera appearances.

According to CBS News, which first reported on the room, sources said the project’s cost was thousands of dollars.

A Defense official told The Hill on Wednesday in an email that “changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an Administration.”

“The Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs recently upgraded a space known informally as the 'Green Room,' to offer senior leaders and VIPs a place to prepare........

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