Pete Hegseth is an outstanding pick by President Trump to be his Secretary of Defense.

I first met Pete Hegseth in 2008, after his service in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Pete was running the group Vets for Freedom and I lobbied with him and other GWOT Veterans, including Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia, on Capitol Hill in support of our troops in Iraq during the Surge. While there were many questions regarding whether the war was right or wrong, Vets for Freedom focused on supporting the troops in the field and, paraphrasing future comments of President Trumpregarding Iraq, “regardless of whether the war was right or wrong the fact is we are in it now and can’t lose.” In this, Pete fought the leftists who disparaged General David Petraeus and other leaders who supported the troops. Our group, led by Pete,was able to keep Congress supporting the troops in the field and, by doing so, prevented a debacle such as the kind that would later be overseen by a different administration in Afghanistan.

Pete was immediately and highly respected on CapitolHill for his acumen and for taking........

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