Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium
Join us for a panel in which two veterans of Operation Iraqi
Freedom reflect on their wartime experiences and discuss the
need to finish the job of securing a stable democracy in
Iraq.
Pete Hegseth is a former Captain in the U.S. Army who served in
2005-2006 as an infantry Platoon Leader in Baghdad during the
nationwide elections and as a Civil-Military Operations officer in
Samarra. Gabe Ledeen is a former Captain in the Marine Corps
who served two tours in Iraq's Al Anbar province with a Marine
infantry battalion in 2006 and 2007.
More About the Speakers
Pete Hegseth
Chairman of Vets for Freedom
and former Captain, U.S. Army
Gabe Ledeen
Freelance Writer
and former Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Hosted By
James Phillips
Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs
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