Pete Hegseth
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Darren's another person that worked with Secretary Hegseth for over a decade. He is somebody who spent decades working around veterans and military health issues. He served in the first Bush administration at the VA. He served a critical role in the first Trump administration.
Darren's another person that worked with Secretary Hegseth for over a decade. He is somebody who spent decades working around veterans and military health issues. He served in the first Bush administration at the VA. He served a critical role in the first Trump administration.
Darren's another person that worked with Secretary Hegseth for over a decade. He is somebody who spent decades working around veterans and military health issues. He served in the first Bush administration at the VA. He served a critical role in the first Trump administration.
He was a key player in advancing the VA Mission Act, one of the greatest accomplishments of the first Trump administration, which fundamentally reformed how the VA delivers health care. Darren, I think, can go to bed every night saying he saved thousands of veterans' lives because of the reforms he helped advance. He's an Air Force veteran.
He was a key player in advancing the VA Mission Act, one of the greatest accomplishments of the first Trump administration, which fundamentally reformed how the VA delivers health care. Darren, I think, can go to bed every night saying he saved thousands of veterans' lives because of the reforms he helped advance. He's an Air Force veteran.
He was a key player in advancing the VA Mission Act, one of the greatest accomplishments of the first Trump administration, which fundamentally reformed how the VA delivers health care. Darren, I think, can go to bed every night saying he saved thousands of veterans' lives because of the reforms he helped advance. He's an Air Force veteran.
In between his stints in government, he worked at Concerned Veterans for America with me and Pete, helping develop revolutionary reform to the VA that in large part were implemented by the first Trump administration. To come back, he picked up, left his nice life in Oceanside, California. His wife, you know, stayed behind and he got, you know, a crummy apartment in Arlington, Virginia.
In between his stints in government, he worked at Concerned Veterans for America with me and Pete, helping develop revolutionary reform to the VA that in large part were implemented by the first Trump administration. To come back, he picked up, left his nice life in Oceanside, California. His wife, you know, stayed behind and he got, you know, a crummy apartment in Arlington, Virginia.
In between his stints in government, he worked at Concerned Veterans for America with me and Pete, helping develop revolutionary reform to the VA that in large part were implemented by the first Trump administration. To come back, he picked up, left his nice life in Oceanside, California. His wife, you know, stayed behind and he got, you know, a crummy apartment in Arlington, Virginia.
and worked sometimes 16, 17-hour days to advance his secretary's agenda. He played a key role in ripping out woke and DEI nonsense from the administration. Darren was a key driver of that.
and worked sometimes 16, 17-hour days to advance his secretary's agenda. He played a key role in ripping out woke and DEI nonsense from the administration. Darren was a key driver of that.
and worked sometimes 16, 17-hour days to advance his secretary's agenda. He played a key role in ripping out woke and DEI nonsense from the administration. Darren was a key driver of that.
So before I talk about Colin, Colin has not transitioned as far as I know. But I don't actually know what Darren Selnick and Colin Carroll think about Iran. Darren Selnick could be a secret 12-er Shia for all I know. Colin Carroll could want to, you know, nuke Iran until the sand glows.
So before I talk about Colin, Colin has not transitioned as far as I know. But I don't actually know what Darren Selnick and Colin Carroll think about Iran. Darren Selnick could be a secret 12-er Shia for all I know. Colin Carroll could want to, you know, nuke Iran until the sand glows.
So before I talk about Colin, Colin has not transitioned as far as I know. But I don't actually know what Darren Selnick and Colin Carroll think about Iran. Darren Selnick could be a secret 12-er Shia for all I know. Colin Carroll could want to, you know, nuke Iran until the sand glows.
Darren was a he was deputy chief of staff focused on back end office operations and personnel and military health policy. Colin Carroll. Let me talk about Colin because he's, I think, an incredible individual, too. Colin was a Naval Academy graduate. He served as a recon Marine in combat. Then he literally became a rocket scientist working in tech, working in companies like Andral.
Darren was a he was deputy chief of staff focused on back end office operations and personnel and military health policy. Colin Carroll. Let me talk about Colin because he's, I think, an incredible individual, too. Colin was a Naval Academy graduate. He served as a recon Marine in combat. Then he literally became a rocket scientist working in tech, working in companies like Andral.
Darren was a he was deputy chief of staff focused on back end office operations and personnel and military health policy. Colin Carroll. Let me talk about Colin because he's, I think, an incredible individual, too. Colin was a Naval Academy graduate. He served as a recon Marine in combat. Then he literally became a rocket scientist working in tech, working in companies like Andral.
And he was Steve Feinberg's chief of staff. Colin's focus was on science, R&E, and budget. He was down and in. And these gentlemen were patriots and they did not deserve, none of us deserve to get treated this way, but in some ways angers me more than what's going on with them.
And he was Steve Feinberg's chief of staff. Colin's focus was on science, R&E, and budget. He was down and in. And these gentlemen were patriots and they did not deserve, none of us deserve to get treated this way, but in some ways angers me more than what's going on with them.