Pete Hegseth
| Pete Hegseth | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Brian Hegseth June 6, 1980 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Awards | Bronze Star (2) Army Commendation Medal (2) Expert Infantryman Badge Combat Infantryman Badge |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 2003–2014 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Individual Ready Reserve |
Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is a former executive director of Vets For Freedom and was a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul with the Minnesota National Guard in 2011–2012.[1] Hegseth is a FOX News Channel contributor[2] and lost the Republican party endorsement for the United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2012, to Kurt Bills. He was formerly the CEO of Concerned Veterans for America but separated with the organization.
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Life and work
Hegseth attended Forest Lake Area High School in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and received his Bachelor of Arts at Princeton University in 2003.[3] At Princeton, Hegseth was the editor of the Princeton Tory, a conservative student-run publication.
Following graduation, Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer into the U.S. Army National Guard in 2003. In 2004 his unit was called to Guantánamo Bay, where he served as an infantry platoon leader. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. Shortly after returning from Cuba, Hegseth volunteered to serve in Baghdad and Samarra, where he held the position of infantry platoon leader and, later in Samarra, of civil–military operations officer. During his time in Iraq, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal.
Hegseth's civilian employment during his nondeployment National Guard service before 2007 was with Bear Stearns.
Upon return from Iraq, Hegseth worked briefly at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. In 2007, he left the conservative think tank to work at Vets For Freedom as executive director. At that time, the organization had no staff, limited membership, and no budget. By 2008, after 18 months the group had grown to 95,000 members with a $9 million budget and a dozen staff members. While leading Vets For Freedom from 2007 to 2010, he was also a Fox News Channel military analyst and made multiple television appearances on the Fox News Channel, CNN, and MSNBC.[4][5][6] Hegseth is also a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributor to the National Review Online, as well as the author of many editorials in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, New York Post, and The Washington Times.
Personal life
Hegseth was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and raised in Forest Lake, Minnesota. He married his second wife, Samantha, in the spring of 2010. The couple had a son, Gunner, in June 2010 and a second son, Boone, in August 2012.
Axe Incident
On June 14, 2015, Hegseth threw an axe on live television during a recreational demonstration on Fox & Friends. He accidentally hit a military drummer.[7]
Education
- 1999 Forest Lake High School, Forest Lake, MN
- 2003 Bachelor of Arts degree, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- 2013 Master in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Awards, decorations, and badges
| Bronze Star | |
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Army Commendation Medal |
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Expert Infantryman Badge |
References
- ↑ Vets for Freedom Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/pete-hegseth/bio/#s=h-l
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External links
- Vets For Freedom http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/about/hegseth.aspx
- http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pete-hegseth/
- Pete Hegseth Debates Mark Dice on Fox News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FwDEuVp78
- Hegseth at the Princeton Tory http://theprincetontory.com/main/2001-02-issues/
- Appearances on C-SPAN
