The father of a US military member killed in the Iran war has contradicted Pete Hegseth’s claim that bereaved families urged him to “finish” the job in the Middle East. "When he spoke to me, that was not something we talked about". Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons’ grandmother, was forthright. “Families are suffering right now,” she told WCMH. “Just to create a war because you want to create a war is not right.”