Trump names picks for top Pentagon posts, with financier as No. 2 - Breaking Defense

President-elect Donald Trump has made his picks for a handful of top jobs at the Defense Department, including several who served in national security jobs during his first term of office and a billionaire financier for the number two spot.

Trump announced the choices late Sunday, saying the team would “work in conjunction with our GREAT Secretary of Defense Nominee, Pete Hegseth!” — signaling the Trump team is standing by Hegseth, the Fox News host despite allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied.

For Hegseth’s would-be deputy, Trump nominated Stephen Feinberg, billionaire investor and co-founder of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Feinberg’s firm, which is active in the defense space, owns Stratolaunch Systems, which provides hypersonic vehicles for testing including to DoD. He also has been a major funder to political organizations backing Trump.