Pete Hegseth

I was like, wow, okay, that's cool. And so a few days later, through Veterans Day weekend, he gets the job, and I start working with him during his confirmation. I helped him during the confirmation, helped him – defend against a lot of the attacks that were made against him, help with strategy. But what I eventually took over was being his main link to the personnel operation.

I was like, wow, okay, that's cool. And so a few days later, through Veterans Day weekend, he gets the job, and I start working with him during his confirmation. I helped him during the confirmation, helped him – defend against a lot of the attacks that were made against him, help with strategy. But what I eventually took over was being his main link to the personnel operation.

So helping to vet and place personnel within the Department of Defense. And so I'd fly down to Florida a lot and work with some really great people on the PPO. They're now on the PPO team and doing that. And so I did. So you're not working for the government at this point. No. I'm doing this on a volunteer basis, and I was paying out of these flights out of my own pocket.

So helping to vet and place personnel within the Department of Defense. And so I'd fly down to Florida a lot and work with some really great people on the PPO. They're now on the PPO team and doing that. And so I did. So you're not working for the government at this point. No. I'm doing this on a volunteer basis, and I was paying out of these flights out of my own pocket.

So helping to vet and place personnel within the Department of Defense. And so I'd fly down to Florida a lot and work with some really great people on the PPO. They're now on the PPO team and doing that. And so I did. So you're not working for the government at this point. No. I'm doing this on a volunteer basis, and I was paying out of these flights out of my own pocket.

As of now, no.

As of now, no.

As of now, no.

Yeah. I was very strongly supportive of him becoming secretary of defense.

Yeah. I was very strongly supportive of him becoming secretary of defense.

Yeah. I was very strongly supportive of him becoming secretary of defense.

And I would just say, you know, there's a lot of stories eventually written about me and the personnel that I was, you know, the puppet master and that I had ultimate decision rights and that I was trying to block people that supported this or that or oppose this and that. It was all nonsense.

And I would just say, you know, there's a lot of stories eventually written about me and the personnel that I was, you know, the puppet master and that I had ultimate decision rights and that I was trying to block people that supported this or that or oppose this and that. It was all nonsense.

And I would just say, you know, there's a lot of stories eventually written about me and the personnel that I was, you know, the puppet master and that I had ultimate decision rights and that I was trying to block people that supported this or that or oppose this and that. It was all nonsense.

I mean, let me tell you, again, I've already used this already, but there were people on the PPO team that were much more hardcore in foreign policy than I was. And so in a lot of cases... I didn't even need to block unaligned people. They were already getting blocked by people, you know, earlier in the process.

I mean, let me tell you, again, I've already used this already, but there were people on the PPO team that were much more hardcore in foreign policy than I was. And so in a lot of cases... I didn't even need to block unaligned people. They were already getting blocked by people, you know, earlier in the process.

I mean, let me tell you, again, I've already used this already, but there were people on the PPO team that were much more hardcore in foreign policy than I was. And so in a lot of cases... I didn't even need to block unaligned people. They were already getting blocked by people, you know, earlier in the process.

you didn't think that our policy was serving the country or the people who defend it and and you're just trying to keep that foremost in mind as you help create policy for the next generation yes is that a fair i think that's yeah i mean i obviously bias i think it's totally fair um and i just sort of point out is that one thing that was amazing about working on the transition it was tough sometimes it's frustrating sometime and then in the administration was

you didn't think that our policy was serving the country or the people who defend it and and you're just trying to keep that foremost in mind as you help create policy for the next generation yes is that a fair i think that's yeah i mean i obviously bias i think it's totally fair um and i just sort of point out is that one thing that was amazing about working on the transition it was tough sometimes it's frustrating sometime and then in the administration was

you didn't think that our policy was serving the country or the people who defend it and and you're just trying to keep that foremost in mind as you help create policy for the next generation yes is that a fair i think that's yeah i mean i obviously bias i think it's totally fair um and i just sort of point out is that one thing that was amazing about working on the transition it was tough sometimes it's frustrating sometime and then in the administration was