Episode 2752
Pete Hegseth
Thu, 2024-Nov-14 01:45 UTC
Length - 2:21
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With 2,835,307 views on Wednesday, 13 November 2024 our article of the day is Pete Hegseth.
Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American television presenter, author, and Army National Guard officer who is to be the nominee for United States Secretary of Defense in Donald Trump's second cabinet. A political commentator for Fox News since 2014 and co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend from 2017 to 2024, he was previously the executive director of Vets for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America.
Hegseth has been active in conservative and Republican politics since his undergraduate days at Princeton University. In 2016, he emerged as a strong supporter and ally of Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and served as an occasional advisor to Trump throughout the latter's first term as president. He reportedly persuaded Trump to pardon three American soldiers accused or convicted of war crimes related to the shooting of non-combatants in Iraq. Hegseth, who was a platoon leader at Guantanamo Bay during his military service, defended the treatment of inmates detained there.
Hegseth was considered to lead the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the first Trump administration, prior to the selection of David Shulkin in 2017. In November 2024, President-elect Trump announced that he intends to nominate Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:45 UTC on Thursday, 14 November 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Pete Hegseth on Wikipedia.
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