Pete Hegseth: “To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be U.S. troops deployed to Ukraine.”

Training, lethality, accountability, discipline, readiness — the bedrock of what it means to be an American warrior — is the only focus of our department.

You — you don’t have a strategy, you don’t have a long-term plan to actually win this war. Win the war! The men and women are going to be able to do it, but they need leadership. When will you show leadership?

Their fearless response represents the pinnacle of combat heroism. Simply put, valor.

The best way to create peace is to prepare for war, to deter it.