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Pete Hegseth: “They embraced the DEI craze and tried to introduce diversity…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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FULL: War Sec. Hegseth delivers West Point commencement speech

Published | Video Starts at 06:23

We saw woke and weak leaders trying to make West Point look like woke. Princeton, which happens to be my long lost and lost alma mater. They embraced the DEI craze and tried to introduce diversity and inclusion studies. They hired professors who advocated for anti American ideologies right here in these halls. But no more. West Point is set apart. It's special. It's above politics. (06:23–06:29)

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