We're doing, we're the Secretary of War now and we're going to promote you based on merit. We're looking for lethality and we're looking out for the warrior. The, the, the Department of War @ that time, The Department of Defense had been, had got so political that they were so risk adverse. We weren't winning wars. We're winning battles. We weren't winning wars. Right. There's a difference. And he's changing the focus of it. He's saying, listen, you lead from the front. You see him out there working as a Secretary of War. (10:27–10:35)
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Asserts that the Department of Defense had become too political and risk-averse, affecting war outcomes.
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