Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth is Trump's pick for defense secretary

Tom Bowman

November 13, 2024 / 2:17 pm

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran to be his secretary of defense. The 44-year-old Hegseth came as a surprise.

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