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Pete Hegseth: “For too long we've promoted too many uniformed leaders for…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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BREAKING NEWS: Hegseth Unveils To Generals & Admirals Massive Military Overhaul To Root Out Wokeness

Published | Video Starts at 11:31

Or as the Chairman has put it, we are clearing out the debris, removing the distractions, clearing the way for leaders to be leaders. You might say we're ending the war on warriors. I heard someone wrote a book about that. For too long we've promoted too many uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons. Based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so called firsts. We've pretended that combat arms and non combat arms are the same thing. We've weeded out so called toxic leaders under the guise of double blind psychology assessments promoting risk averse go along to get along conformists. (11:31–11:43)

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