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Pete Hegseth’s service record in the post-9/11 wars shows three overseas deployments: security duties at Guantánamo Bay, infantry leadership in Iraq (platoon leader and later civil‑military operations...
Pete Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard and reached the rank of major; during his Iraq tour he served as an infantry platoon leader with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airbo...
Pete Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer via Princeton’s ROTC in 2003 and served in the Army National Guard with active-duty deployments to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan; he rose to...
Pete Hegseth served in the Army National Guard and deployed three times after 9/11: to Guantánamo Bay (Cuba), to Iraq (including Baghdad and Samarra with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne), and to Afgha...
U.S. drone strikes under President Joe Biden have drawn scrutiny for civilian deaths, most notably a botched August 2021 strike in Kabul the Pentagon later acknowledged killed 10 civilians, including ...
Pete Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard, deployed to Guantánamo Bay (2004–05), to Baghdad with the 3rd Brigade/101st Airborne (2005–06) as an infantry platoon leader...
Pete Hegseth served three overseas deployments: a 2004–05 security platoon assignment at Guantánamo Bay, an infantry platoon leader tour in Baghdad in 2005 followed by civil‑military operations work i...
Pete Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard with three overseas deployments: to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan, performing a mix of security, infantry leadership, civi...
Available reporting documents at least one high-profile Biden-era drone strike that the Pentagon later acknowledged killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Kabul on Aug. 29, 2021 . Sources s...
Available reporting shows specific acknowledged civilian deaths from US strikes under President Biden include a widely reported Kabul strike that killed 10 civilians (including seven children) and bro...
Reporting shows Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 and was resettled through refugee/evacuee channels . Multiple media accounts say a U.S. couple — identified...
Pete Hegseth deployed overseas multiple times during his Army National Guard service, with reporting across encyclopedic and military sources consistently identifying deployments to Guantánamo Bay, Ir...
Claims that the Trump administration sent $25 million to the Taliban in late 2025 are unsupported by the available reporting; multiple outlets and fact-checks trace viral posts claiming $45 million in...
Available sources do not provide a definitive tally of how many U.S. citizens have been killed by U.S. drone strikes since 2001; major trackers and reports emphasize that precise counts — especially o...
Pete Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard and was deployed three times: to Guantánamo Bay (2004–2005), to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division as an infantry ...
Public records and multiple profiles say Pete Hegseth deployed overseas three times: to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq (2005–2006, including Baghdad and Samarra), and Afghanistan; his service has been described...
Pete Hegseth served on three overseas deployments: Guantánamo Bay (Cuba) in 2004–05, an Iraq deployment with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne (Baghdad and Samarra) in 2005–06, and a 2011–12 tour in Afg...
Pete Hegseth served intermittently in the Army National Guard from 2003 through at least 2021, with service blocks listed as 2003–2006, 2010–2014 and 2019–2021 in one profile, and with later separatio...
Pete Hegseth deployed three times during his military career: to Guantánamo Bay (2004–2005), to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (2005–2006), and later to Afghanistan where he served...
Pete Hegseth deployed three times after 9/11: to Guantánamo Bay with a New Jersey Army National Guard unit in 2004–2005, to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (2005–2006) where he serv...