Pete Hegseth Quotes


Combat duty is strenuous and physically demanding, and I'm not the first person to notice that men and women are built differently. And while many will argue that women will only be allowed into combat arms units under the same requirements as their male counterparts, count me as skeptical.


Citations

Hegseth, Pete. "The Case Against Women in Combat." National Review, 24 Jan. 2013.

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Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
  • Born: June 6, 1980
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: US Secretary of Defense

Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American television presenter, author, and Army National Guard officer who has served as the United States secretary of defense since January 2025. Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he published for The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper. In 2003, he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard, for whom he served at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth worked for several organizations after leaving Iraq, including as an executive director at Vets for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. He became a contributor for Fox News in 2014. Hegseth served as an advisor to President Donald Trump after initially supporting his campaign in 2016. From 2017 to 2024, he was a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend. He has written several books, including American Crusade (2020) and The War on Warriors (2024).