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.

On this day – Nov. 8 1960 – John F. Kennedy defeats Richard
Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the
twentieth century to become the 35th president of the United
States.

Kennedy, 43, became the youngest man ever to be elected
elected president of the United States, narrowly beating
Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. He was also the
first Catholic to become president.

 
David N. Dinkins (1927 – 2020)             Douglas D. Wilder   
                        

On November 7, 1989, in New York, former Manhattan borough
president David Dinkins, a Democrat, was elected New York
City’s first African American mayor, while in Virginia,
Lieutenant Governor Douglas Wilder, also a Democrat,
becomes the first elected African American state governor
in American history.

Keith Wilson (61) was born in Portland, Oregon. He graduated
from Roosevelt High School, earned an associate degree from
Portland Community College in 1983, a bachelor’s degree from
Oregon State University in 1986, and a graduate degree from
the University of Portland in 1998. His career experience
includes working as a CEO.

Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United
States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the
first Republican to win the presidency.

Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily
defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John
C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and
Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois.