Get back to readiness, get back to accountability, training, war fighting, lethality, the basics, discipline, and not try to do other things with our formations. And that's why I've always said, and it's not a political statement, it's a military statement. The dumbest phrase in military history is that our diversity is our strength. Because I look out in this audience and I see a lot of different Americans from a lot of different backgrounds. Rich, poor, country, city, black, white, male, female groups from all different backgrounds. (06:45–06:49)
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Asserts that the phrase 'our diversity is our strength' is considered ineffective in a military context.
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