As a Fox News contributor, he persuaded Trump to intervene in the cases of three service members accused of crimes. Would he do it again as defense secretary?

A Navy submariner who said she was sexually assaulted multiple times. An Army major who chose to never report her assault. A Marine Corps sexual assault response coordinator who worries she is being discriminated against because she’s a woman. A former Defense Department sexual assault victim advocate of the year.

Defense nominee Pete Hegseth faces questions about how he'd treat female soldiers, at a time when the armed forces are struggling with recruitment and with reducing sexual assault.