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Pete Hegseth: “This is an institution the left didn’t control. They didn’t want to improve it. They wanted to destroy it or dilute it…”

On the recordApril 8, 2025
This is an institution the left didn’t control. They didn’t want to improve it. They wanted to destroy it or dilute it into something that stood for nothing.
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Pete Hegseth

Editor's note · Context

Hegseth criticized the left for undermining the Boy Scouts' values.

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