Across hours of podcast and television interviews, Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth has articulated his plan for a "frontal assault" to reform the Department of Defense from the top down, including by purging "woke" generals,

Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, has spoken about his views on women in the military and Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally.

Pete Hegseth, the former major in the military who grew up in Forest Lake and served in the Minnesota National Guard, was nominated this week by President-elect Donald Trump to be the secretary of defense in his cabinet when he takes office in January.