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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday a slate<\/u><\/span> of 15 new appointees to the Defense Policy Board after he purged the previous panel last year.<\/p>\n

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The new board will be chaired by Robert Lighthizer, who served as the U.S. trade representative under President Donald Trump\u2019s first administration. Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, a Republican, will serve as vice chair. Other appointees include tech billionaire Marc Andreessen, right-wing author Michael Anton, former Republican Rep. Mike Garcia of California, and Blake Masters, a Republican former Senate candidate who has previously embraced<\/u><\/span> conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

Formed in 1985, the Defense Policy Board is an advisory committee tasked with providing independent recommendations to Hegseth, the deputy defense secretary and the Pentagon\u2019s policy chief on issues like defense policy, planning and national security issues.<\/p>\n

Hegseth removed the board\u2019s previous members in April 2025 after a 45-day review, noting in a that the Defense Department needed \u201cfresh thinking to drive bold changes.\u201d The board\u2019s fate remained uncertain until DOD renewed the committee with a Federal Register notice<\/u><\/span> last August, indicating the board should contain members who have \u201cdistinguished backgrounds in defense and national security affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Members will serve without pay, the notice read, and will provide input \u201cbased on their best
judgment without representing any particular point of view and in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andreessen\u2019s firm has invested in companies with Pentagon contracts, including OpenAI and SpaceX.<\/p>\n

Other appointees include Michael Pillsbury, who has advised Trump on U.S-China relations, and Rachel Bovard, senior director of policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute.<\/p>\n

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The board\u2019s new appointees include tech billionaire Marc Andreessen, right-wing author Michael Anton and former Senate candidate Blake Masters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense"],"yoast_head":"\nHegseth Stocks Defense Policy Board With Trump Allies Following Purge - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=766\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hegseth Stocks Defense Policy Board With Trump Allies Following Purge - Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The board\u2019s new appointees include tech billionaire Marc Andreessen, right-wing author Michael Anton and former Senate candidate Blake Masters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=766\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-29T21:39:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"headline\":\"Hegseth Stocks Defense Policy Board With Trump Allies Following Purge\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-29T21:39:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4d50a110c5b8005d98e456c2a6b5c00d-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Defense\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766\",\"name\":\"Hegseth Stocks Defense Policy Board With Trump Allies Following Purge - Modern Home Journals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4d50a110c5b8005d98e456c2a6b5c00d-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-29T21:39:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=766#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4d50a110c5b8005d98e456c2a6b5c00d-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4d50a110c5b8005d98e456c2a6b5c00d-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. 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