- Senate Democrats slam ‘significant gaps and inadequacies’ in the background vetting of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon (washingtonpost.com)
- Pentagon Appeals Court Upholds Plea Deals in Sept. 11 Case (nytimes.com)
- Ernst, Under MAGA Pressure, Signals Backing for Hegseth’s Pentagon Bid (nytimes.com)Pete Hegseth Said He “Would Smother” a Baby to Protect Himself (meidasnews.com)
- Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventions (theguardian.com)Tammy Duckworth Says Pete Hegseth ‘Inordinately Unqualified’ To Lead Pentagon (huffpost.com)
- Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, faces tough confirmation test (washingtonpost.com)Confirmation Hearings Open in a Test of Trump’s Hold on Senate G.O.P. (nytimes.com)'Interference': Activist judge Aileen Cannon accused of trying to hinder Senate's probe of Cabinet picks (rawstory.com)
- Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1 (nytimes.com)
- Hegseth’s history with alcohol shadows Pentagon selection (washingtonpost.com)Pete Hegseth, In Essence Adm itting to Alcohol Problem, Vows To Stay Sober If Confirmed As Secretary Of Defense (huffpost.com)
- Extremism in US military is ‘sleeping danger’ says author of Pentagon report (theguardian.com)
- Pentagon Repatriates Malaysian Prisoners Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes (nytimes.com)
- Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth’s books foreground anti-Muslim rhetoric (theguardian.com)Trump Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want Soldiers Held Accountable for Killing Civilians (meidasnews.com)
