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Pete Hegseth: “Officers simply upholding high standards that promote the…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Sec Hegseth on border, cartels & beards

Published | Video Starts at 08:13

Sure, you still can't be racist or sexist, like been illegal to be racist in the military since 1948. Those things remain and those things are clear. But Officers simply upholding high standards that promote the warrior culture are not toxic. And they were no longer are going to be subjected to drawn out, weaponized, unfair investigations that are never anonymous complaints that go on for months and they can't do their job. (08:13–08:21)

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