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Pete Hegseth: “Trump did a great job in fixing a lot of it, but the…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Announcement: The War on Warriors

Published | Video Starts at 01:32

This was much sooner and much quicker. It happened. It started under Clinton, but really fast forward under Obama. This is an Obama thing. And then, and then some things. Trump did a great job in fixing a lot of it, but the generals were still at work who were placed by Obama. So when George Floyd happened, all of that, it came on hyperspeed. And then you get what Biden's doing right now. It is truly a war of warriors. It's a point. (01:32–01:38)

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Asserts that President Trump addressed some issues in the military, but Obama-appointed generals remained influential.

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