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Pete Hegseth: “I am canceling J SIDS which moved at the speed of paperwork…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Revisioning. Re envisioning the requirements process is a decisive step in rebuilding the nation that once led the world in turning ideas into combat power, thoughts into lethality. I am canceling J SIDS which moved at the speed of paperwork, not war. To put it plainly, J SIDS became a years long bureaucratic anchor that dragged us down while our adversaries surged ahead with purpose and precision. (16:39–16:46)

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