It's incredible how that can work. And let's be very clear, this is not about these guys in charge right now are not about merit. Right. I mean, look at how The Secretary of Defense intervened, overruling his own secretary of the army in order to block the promotion of black crimson colonels deserving to be general officers. Does anybody seriously think that the reason a political creature like the Secretary of Defense overrules the career military on who it ought to be promoted is because he believes in merit. (19:03–19:16)
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Asserts that the Secretary of Defense blocked promotions of qualified black colonels.
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