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Pete Hegseth

American government official and television personality (born 1980)

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Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025. Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper. In 2003, he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard, serving at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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🇺🇸 Watch Live: Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine hold news conference amid Iran war (2026-03-02)
The Pentagon announced Monday that a fourth American service member has been killed in Operation Epic Fury....
🇺🇸 Hegseth leaves door open for boots on the ground in Iran (2026-03-02)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday left the door open for boots on the ground in Iran, but said the United States would not be pulled into an “e...
🇺🇸 Hegseth: 'We didn't start this war but under President Trump we're finishing it' (2026-03-02)
The remarks are the first to reporters since the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran began Saturday despite weeks of talks designed to stave...
🇺🇸 Trump and Pete Hegseth Try to Justify Iran War on ‘SNL’: ‘I Don’t Know What I’m Doing’ (2026-03-01)
Clearly the “Saturday Night Live” writing team had a lot of work to do on Saturday, as they opened the show with a sketch about President Trump’s earl...
🇺🇸 Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk' (2026-02-28)
Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence...
🇺🇸 Scouting America to alter policies to keep military support, Hegseth says (2026-02-28)
Scouting America, formerly the Boy Scouts of America, will change several of its policies at the Pentagon's urging after Defense Secretary Pete Hegset...
🇺🇸 This Week in DOW: Honoring Heroes, Patrolling Oceans, Uncovering Truth, Out There (2026-02-28)
This week, President Donald J. Trump delivered the State of Union address and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth continued the Arsenal of Freedom tour with...
🇺🇸 Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk (2026-02-27)
Nearly two hours after President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was banning Anthropic products from the federal government, Secretary ...
🇺🇸 In extraordinary move, Pentagon designates Anthropic a 'supply chain risk' to U.S. national security (2026-02-27)
The Pentagon is designating artificial intelligence company Anthropic a "supply chain risk" to U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic as supply-chain risk amid feud (2026-02-27)
President Trump ordered the federal government to cut ties with tech start-up Anthropic. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said he will designate An...
🇺🇸 Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of 'wokeness' (2026-02-27)
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign...
🇺🇸 Hegseth says Pentagon designating Anthropic as supply chain risk after Trump bans AI firm (2026-02-27)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk shortly after President Trump directed all federal ag...
🇺🇸 Scouting America changing policies to maintain military support, Hegseth says (2026-02-27)
Scouting America has agreed to change several of its policies to maintain financial backing from the Pentagon, including that membership in the organi...
🇺🇸 Hegseth Inducts Naval Aviator, Medal of Honor Recipient Into Pentagon Hall of Heroes (2026-02-25)
Retired Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams, who received the Medal of Honor from President Donald J. Trump during the State of the Union, was inducted in...
🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth goes to battle with Anthropic (2026-02-24)
Should AI labs unquestioningly obey the Pentagon’s orders?...
🇺🇸 Hegseth demands full military access to Anthropic's AI model by end of week (2026-02-24)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei he had until the end of this week to give the military a signed document that would gra...