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=</div><div><p style="margin: 5px 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">trump pretends to be pro vet, patriots and some of his tough guy possie, but throws them under the bus repeatedly, claims to have fix VA tho choice/pvt pgm actually done by BO?</font></p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 5px 0px;"><a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/06/26/fox-news-host-pete-hegseth-working-profit-college-industry-against-protections-student-veterans/224047" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/06/26/fox-news-host-pete-hegseth-working-profit-college-industry-against-protections-student-veterans/224047</font></a></p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Veterans&nbsp;groups have been asking Congress to close a loophole in the GI Bill that enables for-profit colleges to exploit veterans. The main lobbying group of the scam-plagued industry is fighting back and has recruited Fox News host Pete Hegseth to support their cause. Hegseth has denied that for-profit schools have preyed on veterans, attacked veterans groups as being “really drunk on the swamp,” and said he could potentially lobby President Donald Trump on the issue.</font></p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">...</font></p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">egseth also wrote a June 25</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/pete-hegseth-democrats-to-americas-veterans-youre-too-dumb-to-choose" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">FoxNews.com opinion piece</a>&nbsp;defending for-profit colleges, writing: “I’ve met these veterans. I’ve met these college administrators. Nobody is being duped. In fact, to the contrary, these schools are improving the lives of veterans every day!” He additionally attacked&nbsp;<a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2019/06/19/opinion-close-the-gi-bill-loophole/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Rep. Donna Shalala</a>&nbsp;(D-FL) for&nbsp;<a href="https://shalala.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1722" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">introducing legislation</a>&nbsp;seeking to end the 90/10 loophole and criticized Democratic presidential candidates for&nbsp;allegedly "targeting veterans’ educational choices." The piece did not mention Hegseth’s ties to CEC</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">U.</span></p></div><div>=</div>