‘I know what I don’t know,’ SecDef pick says at confirmation hearing

Pete Hegseth conceded his lack of traditional experience in his bid to oversee the Pentagon’s $900-billion budget and millions of personnel in his appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. But President-elect Trump’s pick to succeed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said his own experience would be sufficient.“It's time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm,” said Hegseth, apparently suggesting that didn’t apply to Austin, a retired Ar