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Pete Hegg, Seth, welcome to the show, man. Hey, Sean, thanks for having me. It's good to finally see you in person.
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.
Well, you got a new book out, The War on Warriors. I definitely want to talk about that. Let's talk about the educational system, and then we had a mini-conversation about... Tim Walsh, and so we'll talk about his background as well and what you know about that, because I haven't had a minute to dive into everything he's claiming lately. So, but I figured if anybody knows, it's you.
So starting off with a quick down and dirty introduction. Pete Hegseth, husband, father, patriot, and a Christian man. You're an army veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, earning two bronze stars and a combat infantry badge. You are most known for being the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend and of multiple series on Fox Nation.
You're the author of the New York Times bestseller, Battle for the American Mind. You recently wrote a book called The War on Warriors. behind the betrayal of men who keep us free. You served as CEO of Concerned Veterans of America. What is that? It's a veterans advocacy organization. What do you guys concentrate on?
We're concentrated on trying to get the VA in the business of actually serving vets instead of serving the bureaucracy.
Nice. Yeah. Are you guys making headway?
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.
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