Pete Hegseth: “I see it as two things: 1) Restoring Freedom of Navigation, a core national interest; and 2) Reestablish deterrence…”

It is a day and night difference. Training, lethality, accountability, discipline, readiness — the bedrock of what it means to be an American warrior — is the only focus of our department. Colorblind, gender-neutral, merit-based. That’s it.

When you rip out DEI, when you rip out social engineering and social justice and you put in merit, and then you untie the hands of commanders to enforce discipline and accountability, to get back to basics, then you get historic…

Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody.

The reality: By going more than 90 days without congressional authorization, IS BREAKING THE LAW and must be held accountable.