Who's to Blame for the Afghan War? The Iraq and Afghanistan veteran President-elect Donald Trump picked to be defense secretary, Fox television personality Pete Hegseth, got very worked up at his confirmation hearing yesterday on the question of accountability for America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Pete Hegseth will have the confirmation hearing spotlight all to himself on Tuesday. Expect Senate Democrats to wield it like a cudgel. Donald Trump’s Defense secretary pick will need to try to convince nearly every GOP senator to back his nomination.

Mich., pressed Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Defense Department, Tuesday during Hegseth's confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on if he would carry out an illegal order if Trump would issue one.