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At his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra steered clear of annexation talk and saluted the countries' longstanding partnership. He was peppered with questions from Democrats about what they described as disrespectful language from Trump that's poisoned an old alliance.