You can’t change history, but that doesn’t mean some people won’t try. Put U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the top of that list.
Never mind that Hegseth is spectacularly unqualified for the job with which President Trump tasked him. It’s true that he served in the Minnesota Army National Guard, and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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