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Pete Hegseth: “Under the previous administration and for decades, frankly…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Sec Pete Hegseth at WH Meeting: "Trump Is the Peace Through Strength President" | AC1G

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

We like to think we have a different form of employees who need to be the toughest and the strongest and the most well trained and the most lethal. And Under the previous administration and for decades, frankly, it was social justice, it was political correctness, it was divisive ideologies seeping into the ranks and changing how well we do our job. No more. Now it is only merit based, gender neutral, colorblind, the best of the best, from the top to the bottom. That's our expectation. And sir, you've enabled that. (00:29–00:42)

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Asserts that previous administrations allowed social justice and political correctness to affect military effectiveness.

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