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Trump’s Pentagon pick aims for clash with top military leadership

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By Jeremy Herb and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth has railed against women in combat, voiced support for troops accused and in some instances, convicted of war crimes, and advocated for the firing of the military’s most senior office…

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  1. Trump nominates FOX News host, Army veteran Pete Hegseth for defense secretary

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    Trump’s Pentagon pick aims for clash with top military leadership

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

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  1. Rolling Stone

    Trump Taps Fox News Pundit to Be Secretary of Defense (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense.

  2. CNN

    Trump picks Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran, to serve as his secretary of defense.

  3. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Trump says he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will nominate Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.

  4. Daily Journal

    Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon, raises questions about the Fox News host's experience (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful mili…

  5. Sofrep

    Fox News Pete Hegseth Tapped by Trump to be Next Secretary of Defense (opens Sofrep)

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    Sofrep's feed description

    Pete Hegseth’s nomination as Secretary of Defense is a bold move, signaling a shake-up at the Pentagon with a warrior’s perspective at the helm.

  6. Breitbart News

    Dem Rep. Goldman: 'Shocked' Trump Picked an Unqualified Fox News Host to Head Pentagon (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) said Tuesday on CNN's "OutFront" that he was "shocked" President-elect Donald Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense. | Clips

  7. Fox7 Austin

    Trump nominates FOX News host, Army veteran Pete Hegseth for defense secretary (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump is moving to build out his foreign policy team, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary.

  8. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    What to know about Forest Lake’s Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to serve as defense secretary (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a military veteran and popular conservative media personality with a large following of his own.

  9. Delaware Public Media

    Trump to nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be Defense Secretary (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as Secretary of Defense. Hegseth is also a combat veteran who has long advocated for veterans.

  10. Breaking Defense

    Trump to nominate Pete Hegseth, Fox News host and Army Guard vet, for defense secretary (opens Breaking Defense)

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    Breaking Defense's feed description

    Hegseth, currently a co-host of Fox News's "Fox & Friends Weekend", was an infantry captain in the Army National Guard and served in Afghanistan, Iraq and at the US outpost in Guantanamo Bay.

  11. NPR

    Trump's picks to fill foreign policy and defense positions raise eyebrows (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Trump has made some unconventional and surprising choices when it comes to his foreign policy and defense team, like his plan to nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.

  12. Independent Journal Review

    Fox News’ Pete Hegseth Chosen for Secretary of Defense Post (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump has picked Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense. The announcement was made Tuesday night. "I

  13. CNN

    ‘An effing nightmare’: Senior commanders react to Trump’s new cabinet picks (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Within minutes of President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth as his selection for Secretary of Defense, current and former senior military commanders began messaging and calling me with their reactions. “Ridiculous,” said one.

  14. Bangor Daily News

    Trump builds out national security team with Hegseth for Pentagon, Noem for DHS (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    While the Pentagon is considered a coveted post in any administration, the defense secretary was a tumultuous post during Trump's first term.

  15. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Washington reacts to Trump’s pick of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    Pete Hegseth’s nomination as defense secretary stunned much of the Pentagon and Washington, D.C. as Trump passed on established national security heavy-hitters.

  16. New York Post

    How Pete Hegseth’s book on ‘woke’ Pentagon helped him land secretary of defense nomination (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Fox News personality Peter Hegseth’s latest book, "The War on Warriors" slamming the military’s embrace of woke ideologies helped secure his stunning nomination for secretary of defense by President-elect Donald Trump.

  17. NBC 6 South Florida

    Trump's defense choice stuns Pentagon and raises questions about Fox News host's experience (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary.

  18. Washington Times

    Hegseth’s nomination as defense secretary puts renewed focus on women in combat (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary has rekindled a thorny debate over women's role in combat that Democrats sought to put to bed nearly a decade ago.

  19. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Trump picks Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Hegseth deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Minnesota in 2012 before joining Fox News.

  20. CNN

    How Pete Hegseth went from Fox News host to Trump’s Defense Secretary pick (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Hegseth, who has been a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend” for the better part of a decade, has used the show to highlight his views about the US military. He has railed against the Pentagon’s adoption of “social justice” messages and argued that “woke” policies have hurt military recruitment.

  21. Daily Journal

    What to know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to serve as defense secretary (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a military veteran and popular conservative media personality with a large following of his own.

  22. The Guardian

    Pentagon stunned after Trump picks Pete Hegseth for defence secretary (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    National guard veteran and Fox News presenter previously called for a purge of generals for pursuing ‘woke’ diversity policies

  23. UPI

    President-elect Trump picks Fox News host, Army veteran to lead Pentagon (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday night announced his nomination of Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to head the Department of Defense.

  24. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Trump pick of Fox News host for defense secretary stuns Pentagon (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage.

  25. Winchester Star

    Trump (opens Winchester Star)

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    Winchester Star's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and

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