What Does Trump’s Pick to Run the Pentagon Believe?

Article/Op-Ed in CNN
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Dec. 15, 2024

New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen wrote on Trump's pick for Defense Secretary in CNN:

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of defense, has an unconventional resume for the position, which in recent years has been held by retired four-star generals such as Jim Mattis and Lloyd Austin and by major Washington players like Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, both of whom had served as CIA directors.

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