Pete Hegseth is the author of In the Arena and is a regular Fox News Channel contributor. Pete is an veteran U.S. Army captain, and served in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and as a guard at Guantanamo Bay. Pete is the former CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, where he built the largest conservative veterans advocacy organization in America and led the charge for reform at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Before that, Pete was the Executive Director of Vets for Freedom.