Pete Hegseth: “When it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and…”

ensure they never have a path to a nuclear bomb, full stop.

Training right now and training in the future that would have to be curtailed if we do not get our budget needs met, and met urgently.

Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls that threaten our ability to also simply pay our service members, rapidly replenish equipment and munitions, and sustain vital operations without disruption.

This is a regime hell-bent on nuclear ambitions.