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Pete Hegseth: Well, first of all, you've got to fire, you know, you've got to fire the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and you've got to…

On the recordFebruary 20, 2025
Well, first of all, you've got to fire, you know, you've got to fire the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and you've got to fire this, I mean, obviously, to bring in a new Secretary of Defense, but any general that was involved, general, admiral, whatever that was involved in any of the DEI woke shit has got to go. Either you're in for war fighting and that's it and that's the only litmus test we care about.
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Pete Hegseth

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Hegseth calls for the firing of military leaders involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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