| − | '''Peter Brian Hegseth''' (b. June 6, 1980) is an American television host - [[Fox News]], author, and Army National Guard officer, United States [[Secretary of Defense]]. | + | '''Peter Brian Hegseth''' (b. June 6, 1980) is the 2025 United States [[Secretary of Defense]]. |
| | Hegseth served in the US Army and did tours in [[Guantanamo Bay]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-nominates-pete-hegseth-serve-defense-secretary Trump nominates Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary]. By Louis Casiano, ''Fox News'', November 12, 2024</ref> He is [[Princeton]] and [[Harvard]] educated. He has been married three times: during his second marriage he engaged in an affair resulting in pregnancy, after which he divorced his wife to marry the woman with whom he had the affair. | | Hegseth served in the US Army and did tours in [[Guantanamo Bay]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-nominates-pete-hegseth-serve-defense-secretary Trump nominates Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary]. By Louis Casiano, ''Fox News'', November 12, 2024</ref> He is [[Princeton]] and [[Harvard]] educated. He has been married three times: during his second marriage he engaged in an affair resulting in pregnancy, after which he divorced his wife to marry the woman with whom he had the affair. |
| | In 2016, Trump considered Hegseth for VA Secretary.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-considering-brown-hegseth-va-secretary/ Trump Considering Brown, Hegseth for VA Secretary]. By Morgan Chalfant, ''Free Beacon'', November 30, 2016</ref> Hagseth said regarding the [[Pentagon]], "First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs]]...Any general, any admiral, whatever, who was involved in [[diversity, equity and inclusion]] programs or [[woke]] sh*t has got to go."<ref>[https://archive.is/QceFX#selection-509.0-649.17 Pete Hegseth has said exactly how he will shake up the Pentagon], By Missy Ryan, Dan Lamothe, John Hudson and Alex Horton, ''[[Washington Post]]'', Updated November 13, 2024 Published November 12, 2024. </ref> | | In 2016, Trump considered Hegseth for VA Secretary.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-considering-brown-hegseth-va-secretary/ Trump Considering Brown, Hegseth for VA Secretary]. By Morgan Chalfant, ''Free Beacon'', November 30, 2016</ref> Hagseth said regarding the [[Pentagon]], "First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs]]...Any general, any admiral, whatever, who was involved in [[diversity, equity and inclusion]] programs or [[woke]] sh*t has got to go."<ref>[https://archive.is/QceFX#selection-509.0-649.17 Pete Hegseth has said exactly how he will shake up the Pentagon], By Missy Ryan, Dan Lamothe, John Hudson and Alex Horton, ''[[Washington Post]]'', Updated November 13, 2024 Published November 12, 2024. </ref> |