Pete Hegseth

You don't like women in combat? No. Why not? I love women service members who contribute amazingly because everything about men and women serving together makes the situation more complicated.

You don't like women in combat? No. Why not? I love women service members who contribute amazingly because everything about men and women serving together makes the situation more complicated.

He does have a military background. He's a major in the Army National Guard. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has degrees from Princeton and Harvard, and he's written about the military, including a recent book, The War on Warriors, where he argues that U.S. troops have been poorly served by military leaders who have become too liberal in his view.

He does have a military background. He's a major in the Army National Guard. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has degrees from Princeton and Harvard, and he's written about the military, including a recent book, The War on Warriors, where he argues that U.S. troops have been poorly served by military leaders who have become too liberal in his view.

He's a staunch supporter of Trump when he's on Fox, and he has on many occasions argued in defense of U.S. troops who've been accused of war crimes.

He's a staunch supporter of Trump when he's on Fox, and he has on many occasions argued in defense of U.S. troops who've been accused of war crimes.

I see you on TV all the time, but... Likewise, if I had a dollar for every person that met him, do you know Sean Ryan?

That guy's the man.

I'd be a rich man, so thanks for making this happen.

Very cool, very cool.

We're concentrated on trying to get the VA in the business of actually serving vets instead of serving the bureaucracy.

Well, I'm not doing it anymore.

The organization's still around.

Yeah, we made some huge headway during the Trump administration.

The Accountability Act and the Choice Act that he was a part of were, I don't know if we, yeah, I think it'd be pretty fair to say we were the brainchild of those behind the scenes, put out, just pushing hard the idea that

The VA doesn't exist to perpetuate its own bureaucracy by spending more money.

The veteran should be at the center.

And if you're a bullshit VA employee and you're jacking around on company time, you should be able to be fired just like anywhere else in life.

Mostly not.

Hold on, let me think.