“He was the top of his class in high school and college and in all the military training that he had. After the first, on March 7, he told reporters that the message he got from the families was that the war was well worth fighting and winning. One family member who met Hegseth that day, Charles Simmons, later told NBC News that he didn’t discuss the war’s merits with Hegseth and that the focus was primarily on his 28-year-old son, Tyler, who also died in the crash.
Author: Peter Nicholas
Published at: 2026-03-23 22:18:35
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