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Leadership & Staff

Hung Cao Virginia politician, Navy official

• Position

Ricky Buria Former Marine Corps officer; senior advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

• Position

Patrick Weaver NSC aide

• Position

Stephen Feinberg Founder and CEO of hedge fund Cerberus Capital; Trump appointee to be Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board

• Position

Joe Kasper Lobbyist; former Pete Hegseth DoD chief of staff

• Chief of staff (?→Apr 24 '25)

Dan Caldwell Top Pete Hegseth adviser escorted out of the Pentagon and fired in April 2025

• Position

Sean Parnell Hegseth buddy, DoD spokesperson, former Senate candidate

• Position

Business Positions

Fox News Channel An American cable news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group

• Position

Positions

United States Institute of Peace Publicly funded national institution created by Congress in 1984. USIP is not a government agency

• Position

Concerned Veterans for America Koch-backed 501c4 for right-wing veterans

• president ('13→'16)

Vets for Freedom pro-victory Iraq and Afghanistan veterans organization

• Position

Government Positions

US Department of Defense

• Secretary (Jan '25→?)

Minnesota National Guard National Guard of the state of Minnesota

• Position

US Army National Guard

• Position

Campaign Donors

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Robert Cummins CEO of Primera Technology

• 2 contributions · 5,000 USD (Mar 7 '12)

Robert F Agostinelli Co-founder, Rhône Group LLC

• 2 contributions · 5,000 USD ('12)

William Lyon William Lyon Homes, Inc.

• 2 contributions · 5,000 USD ('12)

Paul G. Haaga, Jr. Retired Chairman, Capital Research & Management Company

• 2 contributions · 3,500 USD ('12→Mar 30 '12)

Justin Peterson DCI Group lobbyst

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD (Mar 14 '12)

Nina Rosenwald Co-Chair of the Board of American Securities Holding Corporation; granddaughter of one of the founders of Sears Roebuck

• 3 contributions · 2,500 USD ('12→Jun 25 '12)

Bob Dole former US Representative and Senator from Kansas | lobbyist

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD ('12)

Susan Hertog Writer

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD ('12)

Patrick Alexander CEO, Cold Spring Granite

• 2 contributions · 2,500 USD ('12)

Robert Haigh Wadsworth Retired - Paradise Valley Arizona

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD ('12)

Memberships

Christ Church DC DC CREC church

• Member

Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship right-wing Tennessee church

• Member

Family

Jennifer Hegseth Pete Hegseth wife, Fox News

• third wife ('19→?)* [+1]

• Relative

Phil Hegseth podcaster, defense secretary's younger brother

• brother

Danielle Hegseth former sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth

• sister-in-law ('11→'19)

Samantha Deering Pete Hegseth's ex-wife

• second wife ('10→'17)

Nathaniel Hegseth Pete Hegseth's brother

• brother

Meredith Schwarz Pete Hegseth's first wife

• first wife ('04→'09)

Services & Transactions

Concerned Veterans for America Koch-backed 501c4 for right-wing veterans

• Service/Transaction · 172,000 USD (Oct '16→Sep '17)

Morgan Stanley investment bank

• Service/Transaction

Hachette Book Group Publisher

• publisher

Miscellaneous Relationships

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Pope Leo XIV 267th pope of the Catholic Church

• Affiliation

Russel L. Honoré retired general

• Affiliation

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

• Affiliation

OpenTheBooks Conservative U.S. government watchdog group

• Affiliation

Mark Kelly Arizona U.S. senator, astronaut, husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords

• Affiliation

Mark Kelly US Senator from Arizona

• Affiliation

Former JAG Working Group

• Affiliation

Joshua Haymes pro-slavery right-wing pastor

• Affiliation

U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command

• Affiliation

Doug Wilson Idaho pastor, Christian nationalist

• Affiliation