Derrick Van Orden: “The United States military across the globe right now are…”

“I never recall asking anybody what political party they were affiliated with or what their sexual proclivities were in the military were there to fight. But if you look at the standing, The United States military across the globe right now are being mocked because the leadership in the Pentagon and it's led by Joe Biden has led us down road where we have actually decreased our lethality and that's made the world a more dangerous place. Congressman, on top of that, the DEI approach and trying to get recruits in, is it making it harder to keep people in and is it Harding to harder to get people in?” (00:50–01:03)

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