Pete Hegseth

We don’t want to have to do more militarily than we have to.

If women can make it, excellent. If not, it is what it is. If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it.

I'm straight up saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn't made us more effective. Hasn't made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated.

When it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender neutral.

We didn’t change our protocol. It was just a different circumstance.

As President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations, and we do in this case and all these strikes.

Donald Trump is oftentimes about Donald Trump.

The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people.

We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.

Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of…

Some of you may have known her. Obviously a beautiful human being and a great American willing to serve her country brutally targeted.

Vague rhetoric and ambiguity undermines trust, creates hesitation in the chain of command, and erodes cohesion.