Hours after President-elect Donald Trump named Army veteran and Fox News personality Pete Hegseth as his next defense secretary, the shock among Pentagon officials quickly turned to alarm. Hegseth, if confirmed by the Senate,

Trump's pick of Hegseth for Defense secretary puts a Washington outsider at the front of the Pentagon. On his agenda: targeting woke issue, and women in combat.

Donald Trump’s selection of Fox News weekend host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary puts the world’s most powerful military in the hands of the least experienced leader it’s had in decades. Political and military officials around the world resorted to Internet searches for details of the nominee’s record.