Trump picks Fox commentator Pete Hegseth as his next Defense Secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Hegseth, 44, has been a FOX News host for eight years and a strong backer of Trump.
57% : The Trump team to this point had chosen more experienced candidates for key national security posts -- such as Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fl., as national security adviser and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fl., who is widely rumored to be the choice for secretary of state.
50% : "Hegseth will need to be confirmed by the Senate after Trump is sworn into office in January, a process that should be made easier after Republicans won the majority in the chamber in last week's election.
48% : "With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice -- Our military will be great again, and America will never back down," Trump wrote in a statement Tuesday evening.
41% : In his announcement, Trump called Hegseth "a warrior for the troops" and highlighted his recent book, "The War on Warriors," saying it "reveals the leftwing betrayal of our warriors, and how we must return our military to meritocracy, lethality, accountability, and excellence.
37% : Trump on Tuesday also announced Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as the heads of his new "Department of Government Efficiency," designed to "pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies -- essential to the "save America" movement."

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