US President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, adding another loyalist to his national security team.
Hegseth, 44, a military veteran with no government experience, is a unique choice to lead the country’s largest company, which includes more than 1.3 million active-duty military members, 750,000 civilians and more 811,000 National Guard and reserve members.
“With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are in the spotlight — our military will be great again and America will never back down,” Trump said in a statement.
Trump had a tense relationship with civilian and military leaders at the Pentagon during his first term, with five secretaries of defense in four years.
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