The President-elect will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be the Secretary of Defense in his new administration, Trump announced on Tuesday.
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Donald Trump is plucking his new Secretary of Defense straight from the Fox News studios.
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Hegseth joined Fox News as a contributor in 2014 and currently co-hosts the weekend edition of morning show Fox & Friends.
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“Pete Hegseth has been an exceptional host on FOX & Friends and FOX Nation and a best-selling author for Fox News Books for nearly a decade,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement.