Sam Brown (military officer)

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Samuel Boaz Brown (born October 15, 1983) is an American politician, military officer, author, and government official serving as the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs since 2025. He served in the United States Army during the War in Afghanistan, and sustained burns to thirty percent of his body due to an improvised explosive device injury in 2008. Brown began several business ventures and became active in Republican Party politics in Texas. In 2014, he unsuccessfully sought the party's nomination for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. After moving to Nevada in 2018, Brown unsuccessfully ran for the Nevada U.S. Senate nomination in the 2022 election. He ran again in the 2024 election, this time winning the Republican nomination, but lost to Democratic incumbent Senator Jacky Rosen in the general election. In January 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Brown to serve as Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs. He was confirmed by the...

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