New Defense secretary Pete Hegseth shows changes already in motion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : (The Center Square) - Pete Hegseth, the newly-confirmed Secretary of Defense, has indicated that changes to the military are already in motion.
49% : Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., along with Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted no."Effective management of nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel, an annual budget of nearly $1 trillion, and alliances and partnerships around the world is a daily test with staggering consequences for the security of the American people and our global interests," McConnell said Friday night.
32% : Hegseth told reporters outside the Pentagon Monday that Trump will soon authorize the reinstatement of military members who were discharged for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, with backpay.

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