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Pete Hegseth: “I left Iraq and Afghanistan deeply appreciative of the…”

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

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You go to Iraq, you go to Afghanistan, you. You see the way in which other people live dramatically different lives. And in some ways with a lot of things to learn from. Like, I left Iraq and Afghanistan deeply appreciative of the family centric way in which they live, the generational commitment they had to family under a household, and a commitment to honor inside that family. in a way that is almost totally gone. It feels like in our own country. Yet I looked at things like racism or sectarianism, and I said, now that's real racism. (17:39–17:53)

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Asserts that Iraq and Afghanistan have a strong family-centric culture with generational commitment.

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