Sen. Angus King (I., Maine), pressed Pete Hegseth on Ukraine policy, and he demurred, saying this was a policy question for President-elect Donald Trump. "We know who the aggressor is. We know who the good guy is.

Pete Hegseth, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for defense secretary, faced intense scrutiny during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday (January 14). Senators questioned Hegseth on various issues, including his stance on Ukraine ...

Pete Hegseth seems destined to become America's 29th secretary of defense. Despite the hyperbole and exaggerations of Hegseth's fitness to serve, he is arguably the least qualified person to hold that office.

The US Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of defense, clearing the way for a vote on his confirmation later this week.

Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, saw little resistance from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will publicly face senators on Tuesday for ... Hegseth would face a daunting array of global crises, from the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and the expanding alliance between Russia and North Korea to the ...

The defense secretary job is as difficult as it is critical. Pete Hegseth, a television presenter and author, doesn’t have the qualifications to perform this role

AT HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING on Tuesday, defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth pledged to “restore the warrior ethos.” He told the Senate Armed Services Committee: “When President Trump chose me for this position, the primary charge he gave me was to bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.”

A cursory review of Hegseth’s background reveals he has little knowledge or experience of complex national security issues.

FOX Business host Larry Kudlow gives his take on Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing for secretary of defense on 'Kudlow.'

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in a series of controversies.