Peter Brian Hegseth was born June 6th, 1980. He is an American TV host as well as an author and Army National Guard officer. He was also the former executive director of two of the political advocacy organizations Vets For Freedom (now Concerned Veterans for America). The latter is a conservative-leaning advocacy group that is funded by the Koch brothers, supports greater privatization of the Department of Veterans Affairs.He was considered to lead the United States Department of Veterans Affairs under the Trump administration, but in January of 2017 David Shulkin was selected instead.Hegseth has been active in both conservative and Republican political circles since his days as an undergraduate at Princeton University. In 2016, he came out as a strong supporter and ally of Donald Trump's presidential bid, and served as an advisor on occasion to Trump during his presidency. He was reported to have persuaded Trump to pardon three American soldiers who were convicted of war crimes related to the shooting of non-combatants Iraq. Hegseth was an Guantanamo bay commander during his time in the military and was a defender of the treatment of prisoners in prison.
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