LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was slated to be a special guest at a campaign fundraiser for Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) later this month, but the event has been postponed. Declan Coady, a 20-year-old from Iowa, plus three others who, like Coady, were assigned to a base in Des Moines. Nunn, a former Air Force officer, touted Hegseth as his “wingman” for the “Top Gun”-themed event at an airport in Ankeny, Iowa. Several Democrats in Congress said they thought it was inappropriate for Hegseth to join the fundraiser. “It doesn’t bother me at all,” Sen. Joni Ernst (Iowa) told HuffPost.

Source: Huffington Post March 05, 2026 19:36 UTC