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Available reporting shows two different snapshots of U.S. troop levels in Europe: government and think‑tank tallies put the force at roughly 65,000–85,000 service members in early–mid 2025, while news...
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’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...
The historical record shows the federal government has used armed forces and federalized troops to enforce school desegregation, most famously in Little Rock in 1957 and in Alabama in the 1960s; those...
Pete Hegseth received two Bronze Star medals: one for service in Iraq during 2005–2006 and a second for a 2012 tour in Afghanistan . Reporting and documents show the awards were for meritorious servic...
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 in the U.S. Army National Guard from roughly 2002–2021 and was deployed three times: to Guantánamo Bay (security role), to Iraq as an infantry platoon leader and civil‑military ope...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered federal troops and federalized the Arkansas National Guard in September 1957 to enforce a federal court order desegregating Little Rock Central High School; the ...
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 as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard and deployed to Guantánamo Bay (2004–05), to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (2005–06) as an infantry plat...
Pete Hegseth’s public and official biographies say he served in the Army National Guard and was deployed three times, including to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan . Media reporting and subsequent...
There is no documentation in the supplied reporting that Democrats compared President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Adolf Hitler when he used federal troops under the Insurrection Act to enforce school dese...
Eisenhower’s 1957 decision to federalize the Arkansas National Guard and send regular Army units to enforce school desegregation crystallized the Insurrection Act as the constitutional instrument for ...
Pete Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard with deployments to Guantánamo Bay (2004–05), Iraq (2005–06, including service with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Ba...
Public records and multiple biographies state Pete Hegseth received two Bronze Star Medals for service during deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan; his deployments included Guantánamo Bay (2004–05), an...
Pete Hegseth’s service record is consistently reported as including three deployments: to Guantánamo Bay (2004–2005), to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne (2005–2006, including Baghdad and Sam...