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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties
Pete Hegseth's appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include advisers with ties to a venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner. Marc Andreessen’s firm, Andreessen Horowitz, co-invests with the Trump partnership 1789 Capital in three defense contractors, and fellow appointee Blake Masters also sits on boards linked to 1789 Capital.
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