On the recordSeptember 30, 2014
He doesn't face post-traumatic stress because he is weak or because he is a coward or because he is a victim. He simply faces the invisible wounds of war.
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Pete Hegseth
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congress.govHe doesn't face post-traumatic stress because he is weak or because he is a coward or because he is a victim. He simply faces the invisible wounds of war.
Hegseth defends Sergeant Tahmooressi's struggles with PTSD.
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