Now that Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration as attorney general, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s most controversial cabinet pick is his selection of Pete Hegseth as secretary of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.
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This is the Daily now that Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration as Attorney general, Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet pick is his selection of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
Today, my colleague Dave Phillips on the three major deployments that shaped how Hegseth views the military and why, if confirmed, he's so dead set on disrupting its leadership.
It's Tuesday, November 26th.
Dave, welcome back.
It's been a long time for me since we've last spoken, and it's nice to see your face.
Oh, you too.
So, Dave, when it comes to the subject of what we're gonna be talking about today, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, what's probably best known about him at this point is that he faces a very serious accusation of sexual assault, which we will return to within this conversation.
Right.
And on top of that, that he lacks the traditional background for becoming secretary of defense.
His latest job was as a Fox News host.
But what's less well understood is what exactly he thinks about the United States military, which he may soon command based on his own experience as a member of the armed forces.