"Following graduation from Princeton in 2003, Hegseth joined Bear Stearns as an equity capital markets analyst and was also commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota National Guard.[19] In 2004 his unit was called to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, where he served as an infantry platoon leader with the Minnesota Army National Guard. His unit was under the operational control of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. Shortly after returning from Cuba, Hegseth volunteered to serve in Baghdad and Samarra, where he held the position of infantry platoon leader and, later in Samarra, as Civil–Military Operations Officer. During his time in Iraq, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal.[20][citation needed]
So, you still want to keep this up or you ready to throw in the towel on this thread?? 🤔 I mean, you do realize that no matter how many threads you post devoted to hating Trump and the people he picks for his Cabinet, at the end of the day, it's not going to change the fact he curb stomped Comrade Camela Harris along with the Democrat Party and every Liberal across America last week, right??
I believe he also volunteered for two tours in Afghanistan with the MN national guard. He also obtained a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s JFK School of Government. The purpose of that program is to train future public officials in core competencies in economics, ethics, financial management, policy design, political negotiation, and analytic methods for developing solutions for the real-world problems of public institutions.
Gaetz worries me but the other two nominations seem rational and sufficiently credentialed. They are also well within the bounds of a term-limited president elected on a promise to reform the intelligence and pentagon bureaucracy.
I also don’t think you need to freak out with the triple messiah swears just yet. These are nominees and James Madison had the good sense to include the Appointments Clause in the U.S. Constitution to ensure the Senate was empowered to confirm or reject the President’s nomination of key federal officials. Let’s allow that process play out as it will tell us a lot about the qualifications of these nominees.