Pete Hegseth

They sound basic, but they're fundamental.

Senator, I only support hiring and promoting and admitting the best and brightest, whatever their background is.

Senator, I only support hiring and promoting and admitting the best and brightest, whatever their background is.

No, Senator. I know in any one of my jobs, if I had decided to go AWOL for even a day or two in uniform or around that, that would have been a concern.

No, Senator. I know in any one of my jobs, if I had decided to go AWOL for even a day or two in uniform or around that, that would have been a concern.

Senator, thank you for your service. But I reject the premise that President Trump is going to be giving illegal orders.

Senator, thank you for your service. But I reject the premise that President Trump is going to be giving illegal orders.

Senator, anybody of any party could give an order that is against the Constitution or against the law.

Senator, anybody of any party could give an order that is against the Constitution or against the law.

I start by saying I reject the premise that President Trump...

I start by saying I reject the premise that President Trump...

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I'm straight up just 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.

I'm straight up just 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.

I'm straight up just 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.

They're going to start to return back, I would think, for many of them, to what they really were supposed to be doing in the first place. Oh, the incentive is having more ammo and more training, not more diversity trainings? How about we do that? I do think it's the type of institution that can turn differently than, say, a Department of Education, which we should just get rid of completely.

They're going to start to return back, I would think, for many of them, to what they really were supposed to be doing in the first place. Oh, the incentive is having more ammo and more training, not more diversity trainings? How about we do that? I do think it's the type of institution that can turn differently than, say, a Department of Education, which we should just get rid of completely.

They're going to start to return back, I would think, for many of them, to what they really were supposed to be doing in the first place. Oh, the incentive is having more ammo and more training, not more diversity trainings? How about we do that? I do think it's the type of institution that can turn differently than, say, a Department of Education, which we should just get rid of completely.

Or if you weren't going to get rid of, you couldn't pull the roots out fast enough or hard enough. Because I think the core of that Pentagon would be with all of those moves. Most of your 06s and 07s and 05s and E7s and E8s who fought these wars and saw the nonsense and people serve with people who were killed will say, yeah, yeah, let's get back to the real right now. And they would do it.