But what they didn't want to talk about is the job he's been nominated to do to lead the Department of Defense and to change the Department of Defense. I think he [Pete Hegseth] is going to be a major change agent to bring the Department of Defense back to its core mission. of supporting the war fighter, of being prepared, if necessary, to defeat and kill our enemies. And under Joe Biden and the Democrats, the Department of Defense has run down every woke rabbit trail of whatever the political agenda of the moment is. (01:28–01:35)
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Asserts that Pete Hegseth will refocus the Department of Defense on its core mission.
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