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WSJ: Trump Mulls Replacing Pentagon Pick Pete Hegseth with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

HeadlineDec 04, 2024

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump is considering replacing current Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis amid reports that Hegseth sexually harassed women and misused funds at two veterans organizations. The New Yorker also reported he once shouted “Kill All Muslims! Kill All Muslims!” while publicly drunk. On Tuesday, NBC News reported that on more than a dozen occasions during Hegseth’s time as a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” colleagues smelled alcohol on Hegseth before he went on air. Prior to entering politics, Ron DeSantis served in the Navy as an attorney, first at Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba and later in Iraq. Former Guantánamo prisoners say DeSantis personally witnessed them being force-fed and tortured. Click here to see our interview with one of the former prisoners, Mansoor Adayfi.

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