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

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

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Mar 28, 2025 at 06:01 PM


This image provided by the Department of Homeland Security shows Philip Hegseth at DHS headquarters in Washington on Feb. 24. (Mikaela McGee/Department of Homeland Security via AP)

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.

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