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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated some unconventional people to his Cabinet, including Fox News host Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. Washington Post Pentagon reporter Dan Lamothe and military researcher Katherine Kuzminski explain what the picks say about Trump's national security agenda. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Pete Hegseth during an Independence Day celebration on Fox & Friends Weekend in 2021. Photo by James Devaney/GC Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  Breaking up with your parents

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  Robert Fluoride Kennedy Jr.

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  The kids aren't reading all right

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  Deportation nation

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  When docs cry

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  There's a new tariff in town

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  The Bro Brogan presidency

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  A live-forever diet?

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  Does #Resist still exist?

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  The world Trump inherits

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  Pin the fail on the donkey

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  Trump country

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  The most important “most important election”?

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  How Gaza could decide the election

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  Why everybody's running marathons now