In his January 14 confirmation hearing, Pete ... Hegseth, saying he “will bring the perspective of being the first Secretary of Defense to have served as a junior officer on the front lines, not ...
PeteHegseth, a former combat veteran and TV ... Jim Mattis, Trump's first Defense secretary, fought in the GulfWar and later retired as a four-star general. And Trump's final acting Pentagon ...
Hegseth has made plain that his goal is to enhance the unbridled “lethality” of American military forces without handcuffs imposed by the law of armed conflict.