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Derrick Van Orden: “We needed a president that cared about America and we needed…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Joins Todd Starnes on Newsmax to Discuss DoD Staff Changes

Published | Video Starts at 04:23

… the national media, but the military, the army has already reached, what, 85% of its recruitment goal for 2025. What do you make of that? We needed two different things. We needed a president that cared about America and we needed a Secretary of Defense that is going to put lethality for the war fighter protecting American citizens and our allies over everything, including all the petty politics that Lloyd Austin played while he was Secretary of Defense. Yeah. All right, Congressman, we have to leave it there. Always appreciate you coming on and great tweeting, sir. Good to see you. Take care of. (04:23–04:39)

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Asserts that Lloyd Austin engaged in petty politics as Secretary of Defense.

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