Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth loves his wife more than anything and takes her everywhere - even to secret meetings. He did something for women's equality and is now being criticized for it. Do you understand? Poor Pete doesn't deserve this!"

Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth loves his wife more than anything and takes her everywhere - even to secret meetings. He did something for women's equality and is now being criticized for it. Do you understand? Poor Pete doesn't deserve this!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daily Wrap US Secretary of Defense Takes Wife to Secret Talks Mateusz Dolak • 8 hrs • 2 mins read Trump's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took his wife - a former Fox News producer - to a NATO meeting about Ukraine and to a secret meeting with the British Defense Secretary at the Pentagon, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defense, has taken his wife, Jennifer Hegseth, to two meetings with foreign military officials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sensitive information was discussed during these meetings. Jennifer Hegseth, a former Fox News producer, is not employed by the US Department of Defense. Nevertheless, she attended a meeting with British Defense Secretary John Healey and a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels where Ukraine was discussed. He took his wife to secret meetings. The meeting with John Healey took place one day after the US announced it would no longer share intelligence with Kyiv. During the talks, the reasons for this decision and future military cooperation between the allies were discussed. In Brussels, Jennifer Hegseth participated in a meeting of the Contact Group for Ukraine Defense, which includes 50 countries. Confidential information is regularly discussed in this forum. According to the WSJ, some of the officials present did not know who Jennifer Hegseth was, while others were surprised by her presence but did not object to the continuation of the meetings.