Source: Hegseth top contender for VA post
A senior Trump transition source tells Fox News that Pete Hegseth is currently considered the top contender for the secretary of Veterans Affairs position.
Hegseth visited Trump Tower on Thursday. Hegseth is a Fox News contributor and veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Fox News is told the search continues, however, and Hegseth was not offered the job at the meeting Thursday.
Other candidates are said to still be in the running.
The VA post is one of the last remaining Trump Cabinet positions for which the president-elect has not named a nominee.
One would need be a near masochist to want the job as head of The Veterans Administration. A near impossible task...