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Pete Hegseth: “This generation of self proclaimed neo Reaganites abandoned…”

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Defense Secretary Hegseth Speaks at Reagan National Defense Forum

Published | Video Starts at 06:17

Since the end of the Cold War a generation of self proclaimed neo Reaganites have touted Reagan's name but didn't govern like him. All the bluster, none of the clarity, that's especially true in the military realm. This generation of self proclaimed neo Reaganites abandoned Reagan's actual wise policies in favor of unchecked neoconservatism and economic globalism. In economics they dismantled our industrial base, shipping it overseas. At the same time in diplomacy and defense, they swore off the clear eyed flexible realism of Reagan, Nixon and Eisenhower. (06:17–06:29)

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Asserts that neo Reaganites abandoned Reagan's policies for neoconservatism and globalism.

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