Defense Sec. Hegseth: I Have Three Clear Goals — Restore Warrior Ethos, Rebuild Military, Reestablish Deterrence

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HEGSETH: “Three clear goals, we hammer at home every day, every speech, the joint — Joint Chiefs throughout the Pentagon. Restore the warrior ethos, rebuild the military, reestablish deterrence. And the warrior ethos is simple. It’s readiness, accountability, lethality, war, fighting. None of this woke DEI, CRT, gender pronoun, Green New Scam stuff, that’s all out. Ideological — ideology is out. Capabilities, colorblind, merit-based, back to basics. It really is a back to basics message. And then rebuilding the military. I mean, President Trump did it in his first term. We’re doing it again, making sure what we fund, the capabilities we fund match the threats we face of the future. Not reflexively what we fought in the past. He’s going to be the first president to introduce a trillion-dollar budget. That’s not just spending more. It’s also being serious about an audit. It’s also finding cuts where we pull out the Biden garbage and put in President Trump’s priorities.”