Pete Hegseth: “The modern battlefield is brutal and unrelenting. It requires and demands maximum psychological and mental readiness.”

That’s why we haven’t been trying to remake Iranian society, but simply in the realist America First way, ensure they never have a path to a nuclear bomb, full stop.

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

We are committed in working with Congress to get $1.5 trillion. But this is not the same way we’ve funded our department in the past.

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