This year, we'll execute the stand down no later than October 15th. You see, there's plenty of precedents for this. In fact, In February of 2021, under the Biden administration, then Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin mandated a urgent training standout. He paused training operations and exercises to address a vaguely defined but urgent extremism problem. I remember Patriot extremism well. As I've stated before, this is a new and apolitical War Department with all the right priorities. (00:42–00:54)
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Asserts that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin mandated an urgent training stand down in February 2021.
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