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Pete Hegseth: “America's highly ranked universities no longer live up to…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Harvard Is Woke But the War Department Is Not, Says Hegseth | Debate Over Campus & Military Culture

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This includes maximizing our return on investment. When officers and senior enlisted service members attend expensive civilian universities, graduates should emerge much more capable war fighters. You'd think. But unfortunately, America's highly ranked universities no longer live up to their founding principles as bastions of free speech, open inquiry, and committed to the American values that make our country great. Take Harvard University, for example. I know it well. Our military has had a rich tradition with Harvard throughout American history. In 1775, you probably didn't know this. (00:25–00:37)

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Asserts that top U.S. universities have deviated from their foundational principles.

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