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Pete Hegseth: “Our men and women in uniform were forced to choose between…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 00:18

Under the disastrous Biden administration, this Pentagon waged an unrelenting war on our warriors on many fronts, including when it came to denying them simple medical autonomy and the freedom to express their religious convictions. In other words, Our men and women in uniform were forced to choose between their conscience and their country, even when those decisions posed no threat to our military readiness. You know what I'm talking about. What happened, COVID 19 and the vaccine. No more. That era of betrayal is over. (00:18–00:30)

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Asserts that military personnel had to choose between conscience and duty without affecting military readiness.

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