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There was no talk of weirdos or beardos" - two among several categories whom Pete Hegseth has made it known are unwelcome in the US armed forces under his watch.

But a man with a beard had to be uppermost in his mind for him to meet journalists in the Pentagon at the ungodly hour of 8am on Tuesday.