WASHINGTON (TNND) — President-elect Donald Trump has
picked a well-known television host and Army veteran
officer to serve in his Cabinet.

Trump has selected Fox News host Pete Hegseth (44) to
serve as Secretary of Defense. Hegseth currently co-hosts
"Fox & Friends Weekend."

Hegseth is an Army combat veteran who deployed to Iraq
and Afghanistan. He was decorated with two Bronze Stars,
as well as a Combat Infantryman’s Badge for his service.

Pete Hegseth was previously the executive director of Vets
for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America.

"Nobody fights harder for the Troops, and Pete will be a
courageous and patriotic champion of our ‘Peace through
Strength’ policy," Trump wrote.

Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)

Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022)

Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989. On
June 15, 2007, Walters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame. She has won Daytime and Prime Time Emmy Awards, a
Women in Film Lucy Award, and a GLAAD Excellence in Media
award.

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran anchor Chris Wallace signed off his
"Fox News Sunday" show after 18 years to join CNN’s new
streaming service, dealing a blow to Fox’s news operation at a
time its opinion side has become preeminent.

CNN’s announcement that Wallace will join CNN+ as an anchor
came within two hours of his last Fox show. The streaming
service is expected to debut in early 2022.

Chris Wallace signs off news show for the last time.

Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020)

NEW YORK (AP) — Stuart Whitman, a prolific lead and character actor
who appeared in hundreds of film and television productions and
received an Oscar nomination as a pedophile in the 1961 drama
"The Mark," has died.

Whitman died Monday in Montecito, California. His son Justin
Whitman said that he died of natural causes.

Cimarron Strip is Western television series
starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim
Crown. The series was produced by the
creators of Gunsmoke and aired on CBS
from September 1967 to March 1968.