Peter Hegseth, nominee for defense secretary, quickly exposed a mistake made by the U.S. Military Academy regarding his acceptance to West Point in 1999. He preemptively shared his acceptance letter on X after learning about a planned report by ProPublica.
The nominee for defense secretary , thwarted what appeared to be, at worst, a political hit job and, at best, a shocking display of incompetence by the U.S. Military Academy earlier this week. He posted on his X account about having knowledge of a story that was going to be released by . To preemptively refute the story, he showed a copy of his 1999 acceptance letter from West Point .
“We understand that ProPublica (the Left Wing hack group) is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999,” Hegseth posted. “Here’s my letter of acceptance signed by West Point Superintendent, Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, U.S. Army.” Hegseth wound up attending Princeton University instead, graduating in 2003. Later, he served as an Army National Guard officer, which included deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. His foresight to post the letter was a savvy maneuver that led to vindication — or what would have been vindication if thestory had been released. In response, the U.S. Military Academy released a statement acknowledging the error and offering an apology to the defense secretary nominee. “A review of our records indicates Peter Hegseth was offered admission to West Point in 1999 but did not attend,”“An incorrect statement involving Hegseth’s admission to the U.S. Military Academy was released by an employee on Dec. 10, 2024. Upon further review of an archived database, employees realized this statement was in error. Hegseth was offered acceptance to West Point as a prospective member of the Class of 2003. The academy takes this situation seriously and apologizes for this administrative error.” But how could such a thing happen? And when such things happen, why does it take for Hegseth to post a picture of his acceptance letter to West Point over an anticipated story published by ? This should have been easily verifiable, especially given that “Hegseth” is not the most common last nam
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