Would you put Pete Hegseth second in America’s chain of command?
A steady stream of scandal may capsize another of Donald Trump’s nominees
THE LAST time the Senate formally rejected a president’s cabinet nominee came in 1989 when John Tower, George H.W. Bush’s nominee for defence secretary, was denied because of his boozing and womanising. Time may be linear but politics is cyclical. The next entry in this ledger could well be Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice for defence secretary, because of his boozing and womanising.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Pete-ering out”
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December 7th 2024- Would you put Pete Hegseth second in America’s chain of command?
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