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Pete Hegseth: “Our mission has been to take the politics out of the…”

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Jim Banks and Pete Hegseth Discuss Military Recruitment Surge Under Trump

Published | Video Starts at 00:18

Secretary, wouldn't you say that in the last administration under Joe Biden? Secretary Austin Mark Milley, We've never seen the military politicized in a way that it was over those four years. Senator, I would say Our mission has been to take the politics out of the military, take the ideology out of the military. And as a result, you've seen the response of young Americans who have. I called it a bump at first. I just want to correct that, Senator. It's been a tsunami. (00:18–00:24)

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Asserts that the mission is to depoliticize and remove ideology from the military.

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