Hegseth stated on X hat any decisions to eliminate the Tuskegee Airmen training videos were "immediately reversed."

The U.S. defense secretary faced questions about his views on female soldiers at his confirmation hearing in mid-January 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a warning to Department of Defense employees on Sunday—days after he was sworn into his new office.

Republican lawmakers congratulated Pete Hegseth after he was narrowly confirmed as defense secretary on Friday, with GOP senators saying they were proud to vote for him.

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was officially confirmed as Donald Trump ’s new Secretary of Defense on Friday. The vote was exceptionally close and required Vice President JD Vance to break the tie.

Those who do not comply will no longer work here,” Pete Hegseth said in a handwritten notice saying diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives were not welcome at the Pentagon.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a qualification to be secretary of Defense, but just as different cultures, goals and methods divide allies in a coalition, they also divide military branches.

Hegseth was facing opposition from Democrats and even a few Republicans. So, does he have the votes to become the Secretary of Defense?

Pete Hegseth, the newly appointed Secretary of Defense under the Trump administration, has expressed his intent to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the U.S. military.

On his first day as defense secretary, Hegseth called Fort Liberty and Fort Moore by their former names, which belonged to treasonous Americans.