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Pete Hegseth: “We're changing the Defense Department. Putting the Pentagon…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Department Reforms and Media Criticism at Easter Egg Roll

Published | Video Starts at 00:39

They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations. Not gonna work with me because We're changing the Defense Department. Putting the Pentagon back in the hands of war fighters. And anonymous smears from disgruntled former employees on old news. Doesn't matter. So I'm happy to be here at the Easter Egg Roll with my dad on my kids. (00:39–00:45)

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Asserts that there is an ongoing effort to reform the Defense Department by prioritizing military personnel.

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