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Hegseth names investor who made anti-Islam remarks about Mamdani to Pentagon tech board

Politics The Hill By Ellen Mitchell 28 May 2026 17:13 1 min read
Hegseth names investor who made anti-Islam remarks about Mamdani to Pentagon tech board

The Defense Department has appointed to its recently established Science, Technology and Innovation Board (STIB) a Silicon Valley venture capitalist accused of making Islamophobic remarks targeting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, to the board along with 32 other appointees, according to a...

The Defense Department has appointed to its recently established Science, Technology and Innovation Board (STIB) a Silicon Valley venture capitalist accused of making Islamophobic remarks targeting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, to the board along with 32 other appointees, according to a...

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