What we know now is that we have a ton of people who are being removed from these promotion lists. They're being recommended by those in uniform and they're being stripped out by Pete Hegseth. Just this year, 40 military officers have been forcibly removed from those promotion lists. Over half of them are either women or people of color. There seems to be certainly a pointed effort to get rid of people who are not white men who are on the promotion list and who have gotten there by merit. (03:56–04:05)
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