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Pete Hegseth: “It started under Clinton, but really fast forward under…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Announcement: The War on Warriors

Published | Video Starts at 01:26

This is not like Battle for the American Mind. The last book I wrote that was about a 100 year takeover of progressives. This was much sooner and much quicker. It happened. It started under Clinton, but really fast forward under Obama. This is an Obama thing. And then, and then some things. Trump did a great job in fixing a lot of it, but the generals were still at work who were placed by Obama. (01:26–01:30)

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Asserts that changes in the military began under President Clinton and accelerated under President Obama.

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