Look, the Pentagon is a massive institution. Turning the battleship. I've sat down several times with Pete and talked about it, and it's hard to change the culture of a massive bureaucracy. I worry that under Joe Biden that the officers who got promoted, they got promoted by embracing whatever the woke ideology of the moment is. embracing DEI by embracing politics instead of focusing on the core mission. And listen, I don't want to see a Republican Department of Defense. (02:38–02:48)
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