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Pete Hegseth: “The military I joined in 2001 is a lot different than the…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Announcement: The War on Warriors

Published | Video Starts at 01:09

This one is about really. It's not about how the military went woke. It's not that. It's how did the military allow itself to go in that direction? Who allowed it? Because The military I joined in 2001 is a lot different than the military I left. Who do you blame in 2021? Well, first it's political leadership. This is not like Battle for the American Mind. The last book I wrote that was about a 100 year takeover of progressives. (01:09–01:14)

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Asserts that the military has changed significantly between 2001 and 2021.

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