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Pete Hegseth: “We put into law merit based. We put into law getting rid of…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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And that's exactly what President Trump is doing at the Department of War. We're restoring the warrior ethos. In fact, the President mentioned the ndaa. We put into law merit based. We put into law getting rid of DEI and political correctness. That's now part of how our military operates, and you've seen it in record recruiting. In the spirit of the Department of War, we're rebuilding the military. President Trump did it once. (00:53–00:59)

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Asserts that laws were enacted to implement merit-based policies and eliminate DEI and political correctness in the military.

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