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Pete Hegseth: “The American people voted for a return to that toughness and…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Secretary Hegseth remarks to the Rakkasans of the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell.

Published | Video Starts at 20:51

And folks in the media may not like that. Some folks in Washington may not like that. But guess what? The American people voted for a return to that toughness and that grit and that merit based promotion system and lethality. And you are the embodiment of that. So the final message I'll give you is keep going. Keep going with what you're doing and why you're doing it. (20:51–21:02)

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Asserts that the American people voted for a return to a tough, merit-based, and lethal military approach.

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