Washington. The Senate began examining Donald Trump’s government team yesterday, Tuesday, January 14, with a hearing on the president-elect’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, peppered with questions about his qualifications for the position and his opinions. about military women.
Pete Hegseth, a 44-year-old former mayor who was the first to be tested, said Trump tasked him with “bringing the warrior culture back” to the Pentagon.
“He, like me, wants a Pentagon deeply focused on lethality, meritocracy, struggle, accountability and preparedness,” he said in remarks interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.
Among its plans is to dispense with some generals and prohibit the enlistment of transsexuals.
The Democrats multiplied the criticism.
“You are not qualified” to become defense secretary, said Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
His colleague Jack Reed listed “extremely alarming” information about Pete Hegseth and his “disregard for the laws of war, financial mismanagement, racist and sexist comments about men and women in the military, alcohol abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment. and other worrying issues.
The announcement of the nomination of this Fox News host as Secretary of Defense has sparked strong opposition.
“Drunk”
Elizabeth Warren of the Armed Services Committee last week described Hegseth as “a guy who got so drunk at professional events that he had to be taken overseas several times.”
“One of your colleagues said that you were so drunk at a bar event that you sang ‘Kill all the Muslims,'” he said yesterday, January 14.
