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Pete Hegseth: “We are in the business of kill or be killed, live or die.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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'No More DEI, No More Quotas': Pete Hegseth Blasts Wokeness In Military During Graduation Speech

Published | Video Starts at 14:13

Other people have the convenience of getting some things wrong or making a mistake over here. And of course we all make mistakes because we're human beings. But the reason why standards matter so much is because We are in the business of kill or be killed, live or die. You know that. And so you're about to graduate. You're going to remember the PT formations, the fifth week in the field, the lights out, the last 500 meters of a 12 mile ruck march. (14:13–14:19)

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Asserts the high-stakes nature of military service.

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