Fox News weekend host, author of several conservative books on education and military culture, and Army National Guard veteran who served in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay. Became a polarising figure as Trump's 2024 Secretary of Defense nominee and confirmee.
Synthesised Fox News populist conservatism with substantive critiques of progressive education, co-authoring Battle for the American Mind (2022), which framed K-12 schooling as an ideological battleground and became a key text for the parental rights movement.
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