As a Fox News contributor, he persuaded Trump to intervene in the cases of three service members accused of crimes. Would he do it again as defense secretary?

Defense nominee Pete Hegseth faces questions about how he'd treat female soldiers, at a time when the armed forces are struggling with recruitment and with reducing sexual assault.

Pete Hegseth has dismissed the role of women in the military in past interviews and in his own writing. “I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles,” Hegseth said during a November appearance on “The Shawn Ryan Show” podcast.