Shaking up the Pentagon? A look at Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host Trump picked as Defense secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country," Trump said in a statement.
45% : Brown, then the Air Force chief of staff, had been appointed to that position by Trump.
44% : When Trump pardoned four Blackwater contractors convicted of massacring 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2007, Hegseth said on Fox News, "God bless the president for having the courage, which a lot of other presidents wouldn't do, to pardon those men.
42% : Trump said Hegseth is the right man for the job.
38% : After Trump held multiple direct calls with Hegseth, according to the Washington Post, he pardoned all three in 2019.
30% : "War crime pardonsHegseth is credited with directly conferring with Trump to push for the pardons of several servicemembers convicted of committing war crimes and murdering innocent citizens abroad.
25% : Hegseth also pushed for Trump to pardon Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, sentenced to 19 years in prison for ordering soldiers to open fire on unarmed Afghan civilians, killing two, and Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, charged with murdering a man suspected of making bombs in Afghanistan after his release was ordered.
15% : Trump had issued a ban on service for transgender troops; Biden rescinded it soon after taking office.

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