I certainly did not have Hegseth on my scorecard, either, BUT Peanut the Squirrel is a better choice than Lloyd Austin. Hell, every one of Biden's cabinet secretaries was a pathetic joke who made things far worse for American citizens. So I say, let's give Hegseth a chance to show us if he's got what it takes to be a good SecDef.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence