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Hegseth, a Princeton and Harvard graduate, served for about two decades in the U.S. Army Reserve and the National Guard in New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia from May 2001 to March 2021. He deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and then Afghanistan in that order, according to a spokesperson with the National Guard Bureau.
Dan Meyer, a national security lawyer, argued that there have been previous secretaries of defense who had stellar resumes on paper but it didn’t translate to a successful tenure. “Running the Pentagon is really the job of the deputy,” he added. “So with a strong deputy that problem could resolve itself, with a strong policy person, he might get good counsel on the international relations aspect of the job. I think it remains to be seen how much latitude will President Trump give any of these cabinet secretaries.”
The GOP has shown an openness to Hegseth’s nomination — as well as all of Trump’s picks, even some of the more shocking ones — while others have shared more skepticism.
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