PETE HEGSETH KEYNOTE SPEAKER CITIZENS’ COUNCIL FOR HEALTH FREEDOM 2017 ANNUAL DINNER Pete is the former CEO of Concerned Veterans for America (2012- 2015), where he built the largest conservative veterans advocacy organization in America and led the charge for real reform at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Before that, Pete was Executive Director of Vets for Freedom (2007-2010), leading the “ground truth” charge for success on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghani- stan. He is also a member of the National Rifle Association. Pete graduated from Princeton University in 2003 with an under- graduate degree in Politics. While at Princeton, Pete was also a member of the varsity basketball team, an Army ROTC cadet, and the publisher of the campus conservative publication—The Princeton Tory. A decade later, Pete completed a Masters in Pete Hegseth is the author of the highly-acclaimed new book— Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of IN THE ARENA —as well as the newly-announced co-host of Government, graduating in 2013. FOX & FRIENDS Weekend. He appears frequently on other shows like OUTNUMBERED, AMERICA’S NEWSROOM, and HAPPEN- We are proud to have Pete with us. ING NOW. Pete is also a frequent contributor on FoxNews.com and National Review Online. THE MAN IN THE ARENA President Theodore Roosevelt, Pete is an Army veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, April 23, 1910 and was also a guard at Guantanamo Bay. He holds two Bronze It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out Stars and a Combat Infantryman’s Badge for his time in Iraq and how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds Afghanistan. In 2012, Captain Hegseth deployed to Afghanistan could have done them better. with the Minnesota Army National Guard where he was the senior The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and Center in Kabul. Before that, First Lieutenant Hegseth deployed again, because there is no effort without error and short- to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division for coming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; their 2005-2006 tour, serving as an Infantry Platoon Leader in who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows Baghdad in 2005, and as a Civil-Military Operations officer in in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at Samarra in 2006. The year before, Second Lieutenant Hegseth the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so served in Guantanamo Bay with his New Jersey Army National that his place shall never be with those cold and timid Guard unit from 2004-2005. Pete was promoted to the rank of souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Major, and is currently in the Individual Ready Reserve. Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Cost: $100 per individual, $175 for a Pair* Marriott City Center After October 9th, $125 Individual, $200 Pair 30 South 7th St Minneapolis, MN 55402 To Sponsor a Table: 651-646-8935 or http://bit.ly/cchf2017hegseth CCHF • 161 St. Anthony Avenue, Suite 923 • St. Paul, MN 55103 • P: 651-646-8935 • F: 651-646-0100 • www.cchfreedom.org.