… return lethality to our military and quite honestly bring the perspective of a war fighter, a warrior, to the top of the Pentagon. I think that's extremely important. You know, We're having a hard time filling recruitment goals because young men and women take a look at the military and go, you know, I really want to sign up to defend our nation. I really don't want to sign up to, you know, continue this, you know, wokeism and DEI and critical race theory. You know, I want to learn to be a war fighter. (01:40–01:50)
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