Instead of DEI hire he has a DUI hire
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Incredible that the "I promise to stop drinking if you let me manage the military" gamble worked. Sign me up for the Secretary of Defense rehab.
He said he'd stop drinking but he never said he wouldn't start parachuting oxy
He could just boof it.
If you'll excuse me, to forestall tears I am going to start laughing and never stop.
He’s a fucking crusader larper! 
Like him being aremoved is pretty much a job requirement but honestly, where do they keep finding those absolute clowns? Don’t they have some normal, evil people lying around somewhere?
Ah, man, this guy will definitely start another fucking war in the Middle East, huh?
OHHH that guy. lol lmao even.
he's going to be drunk the whole time
Starting right now.
So I know Hegseth is a drunk and maybe a wife beater but why is he being made SoD? Like was he a general or a ranking member on the defense committee or something?
why
Trump wanted him. Not only is Hegseth a repulsive human being - before (In one of his books? In an interview?) he said the military could be deployed against US civilians. More...
When the Democratic senator Elissa Slotkin asked whether he would refuse unconstitutional orders, and whether he would decline to deploy the military against US civilians, Hegseth evaded a direct answer, saying “I reject the premise” of the questions.
Elissa Slotkin
the only memory I have of this name is of her saying something genocidal and zionist
I googled.
Elissa has dedicated her career to serving the country she loves. A former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq alongside the U.S. military...
Senator Torture
It's Senator Enhanced Interrogation, akshually. We don't torture in America, because we don't call it torture in America.
the originator of this term is unknown, but it appears to be a calque of the German "Verschärfte Vernehmung", meaning "intensified interrogation", used in 1937 by Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller
I mean "I reject the premise" is the correct answer.
Because he's a dyed-in-the-wool propagandist and true believer
hes just a random fucking guy? was he a troop at all???
He was a troop in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Apparently his HMMWV got hit by an RPG which unfortunately did not explode. He's also a pro-war lobbyist who loves war criminals.
He’s also a pro-war lobbyist who loves war criminals.
He was on fox and friends weekend which trump watches, and he said nice things about Trump. And he seemed like he would be loyal. Those are Trump's only criteria other than being "straight out of central casting"
he was like a desk jockey major or smth which is small potatoes compared to the usual ppl who get the job
Nope, just a dude on Fox News with some military experience. Square jaw, talks tough, so of course Trump loved him. From a collection of CBS News articles:
Hegseth was valedictorian at Forest Lake High School in Minnesota and attended Princeton University, where he played basketball. From there, he joined the Minnesota National Guard and later the Army National Guard. He was sent abroad three times, as part of a security platoon at Guantanamo Bay, an infantryman in Iraq and counterinsurgency instructor in Afghanistan. Hegseth does not have senior military or national security experience.
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Co-host of Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends Weekend," Hegseth has been a contributor to the network for a decade. He developed a friendship with Trump through the president-elect's regular appearances on the show. In a statement, a Fox News spokesperson complimented Hegseth's military knowledge, saying his "insights and analysis especially about the military resonated deeply with our viewers."
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He's also written a number of books, several for the network's publishing imprint, including "The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free." In announcing Hegseth as his pick, Trump complimented that book, noting its "nine weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list, including two weeks at NUMBER ONE."
All I can tell you is that Trump 2017-2020 was the best thing ever to happen to China. Take this information and interpret it in any way you like.
He was on Fox News.
May he implode the organizational structure cause his generals won't bring him bourbon fast enough 
(and not, you know, deploy military on protestors with screams of deus vult)
*or buy doohickey ai weapon system which determines dc is the greatest threat to usa and nukes it
deploy military on protestors with screams of deus vult
After he does that democratic senators will "voice their concerns". Maybe they will send a sternly worded letter to the Pentagon. Meanwhile Fetterman will be caught on a hot mic saying "The protestors deserved it."
Betting pool for the first time as secretary of defense that news breaks that he's clearly visibly drunk in public.
He'll be drunk tonight but even if it's at a restaurant - it'll be lied about because everybody around him will be a friendly including the staff.
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My guess is within four months from now.
Should have put it on one of the Hexbear 2025 bingo newshead bingo spaces 
Maybe that would have been too easy though
It's the Free Space
5150 
Aremoved Nazi, cool
Tryna figure out what has been removed here…
When you order Albert Speer off temu
and u think ur vote doesn't matter?
Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the armed services panel, put a warning in his statement on Hegseth’s confirmation. “I am going to watch him like a hawk,” he said, adding: “I will point out where we disagree. I will demand accountability.”
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Hegseth may be celebrating but he is not toasting, if he is staying true to his word. He said during his confirmation process that he would not take a drink if he was confirmed.
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Some Democratic Senators [are being cordial]. “Now that he has been confirmed to this position, I sincerely hope we can work together in good faith to ensure the wellbeing of our service members,” Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said in a statement. “It’s critical we put the security of Americans and our nation above all else.”
“I am going to watch him like a hawk,” he said, adding: “I will point out where we disagree. I will demand accountability.”
Oh good. that's a relief.
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