Pete Hegseth pitched himself as a "change agent" to lead the Defense Department, while Democrats excoriated him as unfit for any military leadership post, let alone its top one, in the first confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump incoming Cabinet on Tuesday.

Culture war issues like diversity in the military, rather than overseas conflicts, will likely be the focus of a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon,

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, is portraying his lack of high-level management experience as an asset, saying in prepared testimony for his confirmation hearing that he’d be a “change agent” with “no vested interest in certain companies or specific programs or approved narratives.