Q: It appears that Pete Hegseth is being set up for failure. He’s grossly unqualified for the job. How often do Secretaries of Defense quit in under a year?
After World War II, Congress passed the National Security Act of 1947 in order to unify the security policies of the US and provide a comprehensive national defense program. One of the effects of the National Security Act was creating a Department of Defense.
The position is supposed to be apolitical, because the military is meant to be apolitical.