Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to the NRB International Christian Media Convention at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee on February 19, 2026 (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted “Western values” and decried foreign influences and what he called “godless leftists” during a speech to a Christian media convention in Nashville on Thursday.
Hegseth took the stage to speak to attendees of the National Religious Broadcasters’ International Christian Media Convention as a band from Ft. Campbell’s 101st Airborne Division played John Phillips Sousa marches…