Fmr. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who ended the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat units, addressed Hegseth's claim ...

When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. She now fears ...

Fox News host Pete Hegseth, a longtime Trump ally, has also said he wants to purge the military of "woke" officials.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

In an unconventional move, Donald Trump has picked Pete Hegseth, a FOX News host and commentator, as his secretary of defense ...

Across hours of interviews, defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth has articulated his plan for a "frontal assault" to reform ...

Trump's pick for secretary of defense said he expected “blowback” when giving his unvarnished views on women serving just ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, has said that women should not be in combat roles ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth has railed against women in combat, voiced support for ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) criticized President-elect Trump’s nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense ...

Donald Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and the veteran has said women shouldn't be in combat roles.

Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is an Army veteran and conservative commentator who's been skeptical of US ...