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Pete Hegseth: “Commanders are walking on eggshells because standards are…”

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The Rise and Fall of American Patriotism Pete Hegseth The Way I Heard It

Published October 18, 2024 | Video Starts at 43:22

Just one guy put me in touch with another all over the different units, different ranks, and they all sang the same tune. They said, Commanders are walking on eggshells because standards are lowering. There are new classes of who's in and who's out, who's up and who's down, what. What the army wants, what the army doesn't want. (43:22–43:26)

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Asserts that military commanders are cautious due to the lowering of standards.

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