“It is true that I don’t have a similar biography to Defense Secretaries of the last 30 years. But, as President Trump also told me, we’ve repeatedly placed people atop the Pentagon with supposedly ‘the right credentials’ – whether they are retired generals, academics, or defense contractor executives – and where has it gotten us? He believes, and I humbly agree, that it’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm. A change agent. Someone with no vested interest in certain companies or specific programs or approved narratives,” says binge drinking white nationalist former Fox News host Pete Hegseth in his opening statement ahead of his Tuesday confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.