Pete Hegseth’s nomination as defense secretary stunned much of the Pentagon and Washington, D.C. as Trump passed on established national security heavy-hitters.
President-elect Donald Trump stunned much of the Pentagon and Washington, D.C. Tuesday when he announced Pete Hegseth was his pick to be defense secretary.Trump passed on a number of established national security heavy-hitters and chose the 44-year-old Army National Guard captain who's well known in conservative circles as a co-host of Fox News Channel’s "Fox & Friends Weekend.
"What’s your plan? What are you going to do? ... How can you assure us that that lack of experience, you know, isn’t going to make it impossible for you to do the job?" Smith said. "I think those are questions that need to be answered over the next couple of months."While some Republican lawmakers had a muted response to the announcement, others called his combat experience an asset or said he was "tremendously capable."North Carolina Sen.
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