Pete Hegseth
| Pete Hegseth | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Peter Brian Hegseth June 6, 1980 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) Harvard University (MPP) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 2003–2014 |
| Rank |
 Major
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| Unit |
United States Army National Guard Individual Ready Reserve |
| Battles/wars |
Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards |
Bronze Star (2) Army Commendation Medal (2) Expert Infantryman Badge Combat Infantryman Badge |
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. Hegseth is a FOX News Channel contributor 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. He was considered for the head of the United States Department of Veteran Affairs in the incoming administration of Donald Trump, but major veterans' groups objected, and in January 2017, David J. Shulkin was chosen instead.
Hegseth attended Forest Lake Area High School in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and received his Bachelor of Arts at Princeton University in 2003. 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.
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