Pete Hegseth

When it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender neutral.

I'm straight up saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn't made us more effective. Hasn't made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated.

As President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations, and we do in this case and all these strikes.

Donald Trump is oftentimes about Donald Trump.

We didn’t change our protocol. It was just a different circumstance.

The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people.

We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.

Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of…

Some of you may have known her. Obviously a beautiful human being and a great American willing to serve her country brutally targeted.

Vague rhetoric and ambiguity undermines trust, creates hesitation in the chain of command, and erodes cohesion.

The military already has clear procedures for handling unlawful orders. It does not need political actors injecting doubt into an already clear chain of command.

Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of 'good order and discipline.'