Hegseth also applauded a controversial New York Times op-ed written that summer by Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who called for the military to break up nationwide riots around the country.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has done most everything so far that President Donald Trump hoped he would — purging the military of its purported “woke” ideology, expanding its role in ...

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Joe Kasper, Hegseth’s former chief of staff, who was at the center of the controversy, also departed the Pentagon, as did former top spokesman John Ullyot, who penned a blistering op-ed in ...

Hegseth was among Trump administration officials who inadvertently included a journalist for The Atlantic in a Signal app group chat where they discussed U.S. military operations in Yemen.

As protests broke out across American cities in June 2020, Pete Hegseth, co-host of the weekend “Fox & Friends” show, joined an on-air panel to discuss the situation in Seattle, where ...

(CNN) — As protests broke out across American cities in June 2020, Pete Hegseth, co-host of the weekend “Fox & Friends” show, joined an on-air panel to discuss the situation ...

By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — As protests broke out across American cities in June 2020, Pete Hegseth, co-host of the weekend “Fox & Friends” show, joined an on-air panel to ...