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Pete Hegseth: “Some individuals use these programs in bad faith to…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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DOD Reform Announcement: Restoring Good Order and Discipline

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

So the DOD has equal opportunity programs for service members and civilians to report discrimination and harassment. That's a good thing. But what's not good is when these programs are weaponized. Some individuals use these programs in bad faith to retaliate against superiors or peers. I hear it all the time, say you receive a bad evaluation. Well, file a military EO complaint. It's nonsense, and we want to fix that. (00:48–00:55)

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Asserts that some individuals misuse equal opportunity programs for retaliation.

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