Pete Hegseth has never led a large bureaucracy prior to his nomination to lead the Pentagon, though that may not necessarily hinder his ability to do the job.

President-elect Trump has tapped oil industry CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary and part of his newly-formed energy council. Meanwhile, there may be new trouble for Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth who reportedly paid a woman for her silence years after a sexual encounter at a Republican conference in 2017.

National Guard Master Sergeant DeRicko Gaither sent up a warning on the evening of Jan. 14, 2021, about Pete Hegseth, who on Tuesday became President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary.

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, has called for a war on what he calls the “woke” military, including potentially firing top brass.

No decision more clearly reveals Donald Trump’s disdain for his country’s armed forces than his selection of the TV host as his Secretary of Defense.

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.

Justin Higgins, former senior opposition researcher for the RNC, wrote that Hegseth is unqualified to be Trump's defense secretary.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Fox News host and combat veteran Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense, an unconventional pick to oversee the Pentagon’s more than three million employees and more than $850 million budget.

Concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s vetting process of his cabinet members have grown louder as new details about the prospective secretary of defense have surfaced. As previously reported by REVOLT,