Pete Hegseth: “There is a cost to doing very difficult things, to going out and defending your country, and ensuring radical Islamist…”

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

Standalone Article II authorities exist for us to conduct this operation on behalf of the defense of the American people.

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?

Every dollar appropriated will be used to build the lethality of US military forces and reinforce peace through strength.