Why is President Donald Trump so committed to having the minimally qualified Pete Hegseth at the head of the Department of Defense? Trump tends to like telegenic people that he’s seen on TV. Check. Trump appears to be attracted to the super-macho war-fighting ethos,
As Hegseth’s hearing proceeded before the Senate Armed Services Committee, there was an air of unreality to the nominee’s performance. Moreover, the committee’s Republican majority seemed to have little appreciation for the gravity of decisions required of the defense secretary.
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A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.
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So far, three people have been confirmed to Trump’s Cabinet: former Sen. Marco Rubio as the secretary of state, John Ratcliffe as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense.
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Pete Hegseth’s qualifications to serve as the next secretary of defense are so scant that when Democratic senators called them into question during his confirmation hearing last week, a Republican
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