Wearing camouflage fatigues, the protestors stood on their chairs and began condemning Hegseth throughout his opening remarks.

WASHINGTON—Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary, vowed at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday to restore the U.S. military’s “warrior culture,” declaring that it is time to put someone who served as a ...

Here are some takeaways from Hegseth’s confirmation hearing: Hegseth told senators that Trump’s primary charge to him was “to bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense” and that “he wants a Pentagon laser focused on warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards, and readiness. That’s it. That is my job.”