Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon

[demmiblue]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser, Hegseth’s office confirmed.

The high-profile job has meant meetings with a UFC fighting champion, a trip to Guantanamo Bay and, right now, traveling on the Pentagon’s 747 aircraft as Hegseth makes his first trip as defense secretary to the Indo-Pacific.

Phil Hegseth’s official title is senior adviser to the secretary for the Department of Homeland Security and liaison officer to the Defense Department, spokeswoman Kingsley Wilson said in a statement Thursday.

“Phil Hegseth, one of a number of talented DHS liaisons to DOD, is conducting touch points with U.S. Coast Guard officials on the Secretary’s Indo-Pacific trip,” which includes stops in Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines and Japan, Wilson said in response to a query by The Associated Press.

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/03/28/hegseths-younger-brother-is-serving-in-a-key-role-inside-the-pentagon/

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March 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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[struggle4progress]

1. Pete Brings in Emotional Support Brother as Pentagon Aide

... a Pentagon organizational chart obtained by the AP showed the younger Hegseth directly below his brother. It lists his role as senior adviser to the defense secretary ...

It is not the first time the two brothers have worked alongside each other; Pete hired Phil to work at Concerned Veterans for America, the nonprofit he ran. The financially distressed advocacy group paid Phil a salary of $108,000, the AP reported based on tax records ...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hegseth-brings-in-emotional-support-brother-as-pentagon-aide/

[Swede]

2. Phil, go get me and the boys some whiskey.

It's gonna be a long night on Signal. Maybe some beer,too.

[brush]

3. The DUI hire hires his nepo baby brother. Of course.

[cliffside]

4. Great resume ...

"Based on Phil Hegseth’s publicly available resume, his past experience includes founding his own podcast production company, Embassy and Third, and working on social media and podcasts at The Hudson Institute.
It’s not the first time Phil Hegseth has worked alongside his older brother. When Pete Hegseth was CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, a nonprofit that fell into financial difficulty during his time there, he paid his brother $108,000 to do media relations for the organization, according to federal tax records."

[question everything]

5. His wife and his brother. Hey why should Trump family be the only one?