Former Undersecretary of Defense Robert Wilkie told Newsmax Friday that under the new leadership in the Department of Defense, “the housecleaning has to be deeper than just people” because the military needs an “overhaul.”
President-elect Donald Trump Trump picked as his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, a veteran and Fox News commentator who has signaled a willingness to clean house at the Pentagon.
“We have to get back to training standards that not only increase lethality, but also increase the survivability of our troops on the battlefield. We have to rearm,” Wilkie told “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE.”
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