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Snail darter, Percina tanasi
Pete Hegseth
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Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official, veteran, and former television personality who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.
Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978
…in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act, on unspecified national security grounds. The decision was requested by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. A similar announcement earlier in the month resulted in a lawsuit that adequate public notice was not provided. Environmental advocates were concerned…
Official portrait, 2025
Princeton University, where Hegseth studied (pictured in 2019)
Hegseth speaking at the Defend Freedom Tour in 2013
Hegseth interviewing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Fox & Friends in March 2020