Trump's Defense Pick, United Healthcare CEO Killed, Mass Deportations And Jobs
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What challenges does Trump's Defense Pick face?
The embattled nominee for Secretary of Defense quotes President-elect Trump as offering support.
It's a fight. They're coming after you. Get after it.
So how is Pete Hexeth answering claims about his conduct over the years?
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President-elect Trump's pick for defense secretary is fighting to save his nomination.
Pete Hegseth is defending himself against allegations of heavy drinking, mistreatment of women, and the financial mismanagement of two veterans' charities. The former Fox News host sat yesterday for an interview with another former host at that network, Megyn Kelly, for her show on SiriusXM. He insisted that Trump pledged his support in these words.
Hey, Pete, I got your back. It's a fight. They're coming after you. Get after it. I think he'll be delighted that we're talking today and we're going to do more talking.
Hegseth is a veteran who wrote in books about purging woke culture from the Pentagon. Now he's the latest of Trump's nominees to run into trouble.
NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith is covering all this. Tam, good morning. Good morning. How is Hegseth defending himself when he steps out in public?
He's saying that all of these allegations are part of a smear campaign from anonymous sources who don't like what he would do with the Defense Department. He also said he doesn't have a drinking problem, but he did promise to stop drinking if he's confirmed. He's meeting privately with the senators who will decide his fate, and he's also doing something very unusual for a nominee. He's posting on social media, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, and did that Megyn Kelly interview online. Even his mom sat for an interview on Fox & Friends yesterday to make a direct appeal to female senators, saying her son is a changed man. My colleagues on The Hill are reporting that while no Republican senators have said that they are a no vote, enough have expressed reservations to potentially sink his nomination.
Well, now the question is, I guess, how far Trump wants to push this fight. We heard Hegseth quote Trump as purportedly offering support in private. What's he saying in public?
Trump hasn't said anything in public. He hasn't weighed in. But yesterday, he did announce more than a dozen other picks for administration jobs, continuing what has been just this incredibly fast pace of making these announcements. Hegseth isn't the only headache, though. Trump's pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration withdrew this week.
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