We have been following President-elect Trump’s nomination to Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, Trump Nominates Army Vet Peter Hegseth for Defense Secretary, and his tortuous path to confirmation:
Fortunately, Hegseth hasn’t withdrawn, Pete Hegseth: ‘I Have Never Backed Down From a Fight and Won’t Back Down From This One’, and even managed, apparently, to get some formerly negative U.S. Senators on his side: Sen. Joni Ernst Might be Warming Up to Pete Hegseth ‘After ‘Encouraging Conversations’.
Then, of course, came the ProPublica attempted hit piece and West Point’s staff lying to said left-wing media outlet about whether Secdef-nominee Hegseth had lied about applying and getting accepted to West Point (spoiler: he was accepted at West Point and he did not lie about that): West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy.
So after all this hate and discontent on the way to the January confirmation process, I was happy to see the following story about numerous retired generals and admirals endorsing Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. From the Daily Wire:
More than 120 retired U.S. generals and admirals signed onto a letter released on Monday expressing their “strong support” for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of