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Pete Hegseth: “Overall, the US military has been determined to be weak. Now…”

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Pete Hegseth The US military 'Bud Light-ed itself'

Published | Video Starts at 02:13

But now it's not universally bad, but it's not good. BRIAN so the Heritage foundation has an index of the US Military. They put out every year, two years in a row. Overall, the US military has been determined to be weak. Now very weak is the Air Force. This is talking about personnel, planes, capabilities, training, munitions, strategic posture, all of that. And you could argue that they've been leaned on more over the last 25 years than any other branch. (02:13–02:20)

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Asserts that the Heritage Foundation has rated the overall U.S. military as weak, with the Air Force rated as very weak.

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