{"id":333703,"date":"2026-04-10T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseth-bbc-americast\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:00:19","slug":"who-is-us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseth-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseth-bbc-americast\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth? | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9vIDop1kcBc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Who is US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth? | BBC Americast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vIDop1kcBc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Why has Hegseth fired top generals from the military, and how does he use religion to justify America\u2019s war aims? <\/p>\n<p>We look at the frontman for the US war in Iran, the former Fox News host, Pete Hegseth. A key feature of his Pentagon press briefings are his religious rhetoric, which may reveal the motivation behind his reforms of the U.S. military.   <\/p>\n<p>Despite only narrowly making it through the confirmation process to become defense secretary in the first place, Hegseth has become a key figure in the White House as he looks to reshape the Pentagon by rolling back on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies and removing many key figures at the top of the Pentagon.   <\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Americast, Justin and Anthony speak to Eric Schmitt from The New York Times, a longtime national security correspondent who recently left his press desk inside the Pentagon after refusing to accept new Trump administration rules that restrict their movements and who they can talk to. <\/p>\n<p>Justin and Eric discuss the reasons why Donald Trump wanted Hegseth in post, the impact so far of the changes he\u2019s making inside the Pentagon, and whether he\u2019s eyeing up a presidential run of his own one day.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why has Hegseth fired top generals from the military, and how does he use religion to justify America\u2019s war aims? We look at the frontman for the US war in Iran, the former Fox News host, Pete Hegseth. 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