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Pete Hegseth: “The one service that has tried to carve itself out as best…”

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From the Archives: Hugh interviews Pete Hegseth about "The War on Warriors"

Published | Video Starts at 01:46

But that surprises me a little bit, Hugh, because my experience is the Navy and the Air Force are actually more invested oftentimes in some of the woke stuff than even the Army. But the Army's right there. The Army's right there. The one service that has tried to carve itself out as best it can has been the Marine Corps. And the book does outline places where that even the Marine Corps wasn't able to hold up. (01:46–01:51)

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Asserts that the Marine Corps has attempted to distance itself from progressive initiatives more than other services.

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