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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHegseth brought his wife to two meetings with foreign military leaders
Hegseth is an idiot
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LetMyPeopleVote
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Included Wife in Sensitive Meetings: Report
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patricia92243
(12,928 posts)1. Trump is looking more and more like a senile old man.
Chuuku Davis
(581 posts)6. Because he is.
yellow dahlia
(2,094 posts)2. Of course he did. These people are not serious.
Everything is just an extension of their entertainment and cos-playing.
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,748 posts)3. Hegseth's younger brother is working for Hegseth
greatauntoftriplets
(177,444 posts)4. And she's wearing an Army t-shirt?

Mc Mike
(9,215 posts)15. How dare she?
Doesn't she even own a suit?
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,748 posts)5. Hegseth brings wife to sensitive meeting
sheshe2
(90,895 posts)10. I just saw this.

Why the hell is her shirt gaping open? Can't she find one that fits?
This was at a highly sensitive meeting that she had no place being in the first place and she is dressed like she just left a swinging dance club. FFS!
BootinUp
(49,540 posts)12. The fact she married Kegseth tells a lot. nt
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,748 posts)7. This is wrong
JustAnotherGen
(34,625 posts)8. JHFC!
Just televise the damn things! Might as well.
Abolishinist
(2,347 posts)9. Lest we forget, this would be wife #3.
Marriages
In 2004, Hegseth married Meredith Schwarz, a graduate of Forest Lake Area High School, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Minnesota; they were voted "most likely to marry" by their graduating class.
Meredith filed for divorce in December 2008 after Hegseth admitted to five affairs; he had been dating Samantha Deering, whom he had met at Vets for Freedom. Deering married Hegseth in 2010, with whom he has three children; they filed for divorce in 2017.
In 2019, Hegseth married Jennifer Rauchet, a producer on Fox & Friends, at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck in New Jersey, in an event attended by the Trump family.
In 2004, Hegseth married Meredith Schwarz, a graduate of Forest Lake Area High School, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Minnesota; they were voted "most likely to marry" by their graduating class.
Meredith filed for divorce in December 2008 after Hegseth admitted to five affairs; he had been dating Samantha Deering, whom he had met at Vets for Freedom. Deering married Hegseth in 2010, with whom he has three children; they filed for divorce in 2017.
In 2019, Hegseth married Jennifer Rauchet, a producer on Fox & Friends, at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck in New Jersey, in an event attended by the Trump family.
Arazi
(7,635 posts)11. My first thought is she's there to (try to) keep him sober
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,748 posts)13. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Included Wife in Sensitive Meetings: Report
https://bsky.app/profile/realtuckfrumper.bsky.social/post/3llih5gfcxt2v
https://www.newsweek.com/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-included-wife-sensitive-meetings-report-2052491
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https://www.newsweek.com/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-included-wife-sensitive-meetings-report-2052491
A new report says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife to "sensitive" meetings with foreign officials.
The report comes amid intense scrutiny of Trump administration officials for using an encrypted app, Signal, to reportedly communicate military plans while including a journalist on the thread.
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense (DOD) via email late Friday night for comment.....
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Hegseth brought his wife Jennifer Hegseth to two meetings with foreign military officials, citing multiple people present or with knowledge of the meetings.
One meeting was reportedly held with U.K.'s Secretary of Defense John Healey in the Pentagon on March 6 and discussions included the United States' decision to withdraw from sharing military intelligence with Ukraine amid their war with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Defense officials told the Wall Street Journal that attendance lists for secretary meetings usually involve people with security clearances due to "the delicate nature of the discussions."
The second meeting was reportedly at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium in February. The meeting was a gathering of officials from other nations to discuss support for Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal says.
Citing people familiar with the meetings, "Some foreign attendees at the meetings didn't know who Jennifer Hegseth was," the Wall Street Journal added.
Amid the immediate fallout from the Signal chat leak, Hegseth has faced calls for resignation. Trump administration officials continue to come to his side in the wake. President Trump did say this week he wanted to look into the incident, tasking Walz with following up.
The report comes amid intense scrutiny of Trump administration officials for using an encrypted app, Signal, to reportedly communicate military plans while including a journalist on the thread.
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense (DOD) via email late Friday night for comment.....
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Hegseth brought his wife Jennifer Hegseth to two meetings with foreign military officials, citing multiple people present or with knowledge of the meetings.
One meeting was reportedly held with U.K.'s Secretary of Defense John Healey in the Pentagon on March 6 and discussions included the United States' decision to withdraw from sharing military intelligence with Ukraine amid their war with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Defense officials told the Wall Street Journal that attendance lists for secretary meetings usually involve people with security clearances due to "the delicate nature of the discussions."
The second meeting was reportedly at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium in February. The meeting was a gathering of officials from other nations to discuss support for Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal says.
Citing people familiar with the meetings, "Some foreign attendees at the meetings didn't know who Jennifer Hegseth was," the Wall Street Journal added.
Amid the immediate fallout from the Signal chat leak, Hegseth has faced calls for resignation. Trump administration officials continue to come to his side in the wake. President Trump did say this week he wanted to look into the incident, tasking Walz with following up.
William769
(58,148 posts)14. We she could have been on public media & got the same information!