Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6 1978,) is an American television host and author.Hegseth is an Army National Guard officer and the former executive director of the advocacy groups for political change Vets For Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. The former is a conservative-leaning advocacy group supported by the Koch brothers, supports more privatization of the Department of Veterans Affairs.He was rumored to head the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the Trump administration, however in January 2017, David Shulkin was selected instead.Hegseth has been involved in conservative and Republican political circles since his time as an undergraduate at Princeton University. In 2016, he emerged as a strong supporter and ally of Donald Trump's presidential candidacy, and served as an advisor on occasion to Trump throughout the latter's presidency. He was reported to have persuaded Trump to pardon three American soldiers who were convicted of war crimes in connection with the killing of non-combatants in Iraq. Hegseth was a Guantanamo bay platoon commander during his military service and he defended the treatment of detained inmates.
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