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Pete Hegseth: “We're missing recruiting goals because the military…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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The Rise and Fall of American Patriotism Pete Hegseth The Way I Heard It

Published | Video Starts at 58:08

That's a whole nother conversation. But I just. Back to patriotism. Patriotism is pretty important when you're asking young men to wear a uniform and go die for a country. And We're missing recruiting goals because the military basically pulled a Bud Light and decided to sort of cater, try to cater to non traditional constituencies. And in the meantime, they offended all the boys from Oklahoma and Kansas and Texas who normally join the military. And they're like, well, I don't want to do that. (58:08–58:18)

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Asserts that the military is missing recruiting goals due to efforts to cater to non-traditional constituencies.

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