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President-elect Donald Trump has called on a parade of loyalists to fill his Cabinet — but former Rep. Matt Gaetz and Fox News personality Pete Hegseth have prompted the most Capitol Hill hand wringing. In other words, people are kind of losing it.
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While the Army veteran and conservative commentator has little defense experience and has never run an organization larger than a small nonprofit, he does have a long history distorting and denying climate research, writes Scott Waldman.
Hegseth has described climate research as a vast left-wing conspiracy to impose government controls on American society. It’s liberals’ way to “play God,” he said.
If Hegseth’s comments translate into downplaying the role of climate science at the Pentagon, it could be bad news for the nation’s defense system, analysts say. The Defense Department has long used climate research in its planning and threat assessments, helping the military identify national security risks, protect troops from extreme heat, plan for more intense storms and prepare for harsher combat situations.
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