Trump Nominates Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary

by Sharon Rondeau

(Nov. 12, 2024) — Shortly after 7:00 p.m. on Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle,” host Laura Ingraham interrupted guest Stacy Washington to announce that President-Elect Donald J. Trump has nominated “Fox & Friends” weekend co-host and U.S. Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth, 44, to serve as his secretary of defense.

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