Now that Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration as attorney general, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s most controversial cabinet pick is his selection of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense.
Dave Philipps, who reports on war and the military for The Times, discusses three major deployments that shaped how Mr. Hegseth views the military — and why, if confirmed, he’s so dead-set on disrupting its leadership.
Guest: Dave Philipps (https://www.nytimes.com/by/dave-philipps) , who reports about war, the military and veterans for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• His military experiences transformed Mr. Hegseth (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/us/politics/pete-hegseth-defense-department.html) from a critic of war crimes into a defender of the accused.
• What to know (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/politics/trump-defense-pete-hegseth.html) about Mr. Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary.
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After Sarah palin and her kids maga don’t care.
Listening to part of this today and wondering what I missed. Incredibly vapid broadcast. Really? Time will tell if Hegseth is just a plain super hard worker and can get this job done? NYT must have incredibly low standards. Zero analysis, pie in the sky wishful thinking.
Pete seems a good choice….
This makes me hopeful that he might end up being pretty good.