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Who is Pete Hegseth? Trump’s defence secretary and former Fox News host who accused Europe of ‘pathetic free-loading’
The 44-year-old scraped the US military's top job, only getting in on the vice president's 51-50 tie-breaking vote in Senate. But why is he considered so controversial?
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Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth at Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii. Pic: Reuters
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Hegseth meets military personnel at the US border in New Mexico. Pic: Reuters
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