Rachel Peterson

Rachel Peterson is Director of Research and Coordinator of National Security Affairs for Gingrich 360.  She completes in-depth studies on a full gamut of issues and is the primary researcher for the Newt’s World podcast.  Prior to joining Gingrich 360 as an intern in 2018, Peterson interned as a culture writer for the Media Research Center, where she wrote the cultural commentary for the website newsbusters.org.  Before that, she did freelance digital marketing for a nonprofit tourism agency in Illinois.  Peterson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Media from John Paul the Great Catholic University.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosts a working lunch with Newt Gingrich at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2025. (DoW photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)