
November 18, 2024
Team America
Kate Kuzminski, Deputy Director of Studies, and the Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society (MVS) Program at CNAS, joins to discuss President-elect Donald Trump nomination of some unconventional people to his Cabinet, including Fox News host Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and what the picks say about Trump's national security agenda.
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