Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.
A look at Fox News host, Pete Hegseth, who has been nominated to serve as Secretary of Defense under the second Trump adminstration.
Pete Hegseth was sworn in as defense secretary Saturday morning, declaring it an “honor of a lifetime," and he promised to put America first by bringing peace through strength.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to quickly comply with President Donald Trump's border executive orders upon arriving for his first day on the job.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth offered these comments and answered a few questions from reporters before his first day on the job at the Pentagon. "Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,
Pete Hegseth needed the vice president's vote to break a Senate tie for his confirmation as Defense secretary. Kelly and Gallego of Arizona voted no.
On Jan. 21, before the Senate took Hegseth's confirmation to a vote, his former sister-in-law came forward with new allegations against him, claiming in an affidavit submitted to the Senate that his second wife, Samantha, feared for her safety and made escape plans, allegedly going so far as to develop a code word that she could use to get help.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discusses President Donald Trump's plans to use Guantanamo Bay to house criminal migrants in the interim on 'The Will Cain Show.'
Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to ... doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling the security protections and clearance of retired Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley