Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, said Wednesday that he won’t back down amid growing scrutiny over his nomination. Hegseth posted a photograph of himself in ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, said Wednesday that he won’t back down amid growing scrutiny over his nomination due to alleged alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct.

Our warriors never back down, & neither will I," he added. Approached by a reporter in the Capitol on Wednesday, Hegseth said he spoke with Trump in the morning and he told him to 'keep going ...

Hegseth said Donald Trump told him to "keep going, keep fighting." Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, said on Wednesday he would not "back down" as new ...

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I Won’t Back Down.” In the morning, Hegseth huddled with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., in his committee office. Around noon, he met with Sen. John Thune, R-S ...

Hegseth says he won’t withdraw as he struggles as Trump’s Defense pick “As long as Donald Trump wants me in this fight, I'm going to be standing right here in this fight,” he said.

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, said on Wednesday he will not "back down" after n ...

Pete Hegseth isn't going to withdraw his nomination for secretary of defense, and that never-surrender attitude is just the thing America needs in someone in charge of the US military.

Hegseth, in an interview on Fox News, said his critics were people who were disgruntled over the pace of change at the Pentagon, and he insisted that he would not back down.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, said Wednesday that he won’t back down amid growing scrutiny over his nomination. Hegseth posted a photograph of himself in ...