Pete Hegseth: “When it comes to our alignment, or posture, in the region, we’ll review what capabilities we need.”

It’s not about artificial enhancement,” Hegseth said in his video. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities, protecting your longevity and ensuring you have the biological foundation required to sustain the fight.

Shame on you and others who call this a quagmire and a failure, and then you want to turn around and say you support the warfighter. Either you do or you don't.

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

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.