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Pete Hegseth: “Last year we had a historic recruiting year, one of the far…”

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Sec. Pete Hegseth Delivers First Remarks Since Announcing Punishment For Mark Kelly

Published | Video Starts at 07:34

You're in combat, you're re enlisting for more. I want to kind of remember that right now. And then also just a note for our friends in the press and others, Last year we had a historic recruiting year, one of the far surpassed from over decades the recruiting numbers that we've had. The spirit in the military is exceedingly different today than it was just a year ago following the election of President Trump and the changes we're making at the War Department. (07:34–07:46)

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Asserts that the military had a historic recruiting year with numbers surpassing those from previous decades.

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