Trump Picks Unqualified Fox News Host Pete Hegseth For Defense Sec.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Hegseth is a decorated Army combat veteran who has been a Fox News host for the past eight years and was a top contender to be Trump's secretary of Veterans Affairs in his first administration before Trump tapped David Shulkin for the role in 2017.
57% : After successfully lobbying Trump for pardons for a previous batch of war criminals, Hegseth was named by the White House as a supporter of this one.
42% : "The book reveals the leftwing betrayal of our Warriors, and how we must return our Military to meritocracy, lethality, accountability, and excellence," Trump added....
36% : My December 23, 2020 post notes that Hegseth successfully lobbied Trump to pardon military contractors who were convicted of slaughtering 14 unarmed Iraq citizens:The Washington Post explains what happened in 2007, as part of the U.S. Operation Iraqi Freedom:Investigators for the military and the FBI later described the shootings, in which the contractors unleashed a blaze of gunfire and grenade explosions in a busy Baghdad square, as unprovoked and unjustified.
34% : "Politico did not directly mention Hegseth's lack of management experience but it suggested that Hegseth was picked for ideological reasons and hinted that he'll likely be over his head:Trump said that Hegseth's recent book "The War on Our Warriors" played a role in his pick.

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