Who Pete Hegseth? What to know about Trump's pick for Defense Secretary

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Who Pete Hegseth? What to know about Trump's pick for Defense Secretary
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Trump’s defense choice of Pete Hegseth has stunned the Pentagon and raised questions about the Fox News host’s experience.

Trump’s defense choice of Pete Hegseth has stunned the Pentagon and raised questions about the Fox News host’s experiencey, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military.

“Everything about men and women serving together makes the situation more complicated, and complication in combat, that means casualties are worse,” Hegseth said. Since then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter opened all combat roles to women in 2016, women have successfully passed the military’s grueling tests to become Green Berets and Army Rangers, and the Naval Special Warfare’s test to serve as a combatant-craft crewman — the boat operators who transport Navy SEALs and conduct their own classified missions at sea.

“I think Trump was tired of fighting with his secretaries of defense and picked one who would be loyal to him,” Cancian said.

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