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Pete Hegseth

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Hegseth served in Guantanamo Bay "on a security mission with his National Guard unit and, upon his return from Cuba, he volunteered to join the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division for their deployment to Iraq from 2005-2006. Serving as an infantry Platoon Leader and an assistant Civil-Military Operations officer in Baghdad as well as Samarra, Lt. Hegseth earned the Combat Infantryman's Badge and Bronze Star Medal for his time in Iraq."<ref> [http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=EV06K01 "Iraq: A Warrior's Perspective,"] Family Research Council, November 9, 2006.</ref>

~~First Lieutenant Pete Hegseth served~~ :Note: Civil Military Operations "includes missions such as providing humanitarian assistance to communities when needed, or conducting an ~~infantry platoon leader and civil-military operations officer in~~ economic assessment of a district [~~[Iraq~~such as]~~] with the 101st Airborne Division~~in Baghdad."<ref>~~Pete Hegseth,~~ [http://~~opinionjournal~~www.~~com~~globalsecurity.org/~~extra~~wmd/~~?id=110009034~~ library/news/iraq/2005/08/iraq-050818-arnews01.htm "~~More Troops, Please. 'Not losing' isn't the same as winning~~Iraqi Army battle staff trains on Civil Military Operations,"] ~~''WSJ OpinionJournal''~~GlobalSecurity.org, ~~October 3~~August 18, ~~2006~~2005.</ref>

On July 11, 2007, Hegseth, who was interviewed on Jim Vicevich's WTIC News/talk radio show in Connecticut "re: Keeping Soldiers Fighting in the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan",<ref>[http://www.wtic.com/pages/5450.php "Jim Vicevich,"] WTIC.com, July 11, 2007.</ref> was described as a "First Lieutenant for the 1-69 Infantry (New York Army National Guard)."

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