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The Pentagon will comply, immediately. No exceptions, name-changes, or delays."
In a handwritten note shared along with the post on X, Hegseth wrote The President's guidance (lawful orders) is clear: No more DEI at [Department of Defense]
The message, which was accompanied by a picture of a handwritten note on paper with Secretary of Defense letterhead, said We're going to think about those warriors with every single decision that we make,
All praise and glory to God. His will be done and we're grateful to be here,
an ecstatic Hegseth said after taking the oath of office, surrounded by his wife Jenny and children Restore the warrior ethos in everything that we do, rebuild our military and reestablish deterrence. We don't want to fight wars, we want to deter them,
The first thing that goes through my head are the guys that I served with on the battlefield, the men and women who I locked shields with, who put my life on the line with, who never get the spotlight, who never had the cameras, who people don't know what they did in dark and dangerous places,
All of this will be done with a focus on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards and readiness,
We just heard that we have a great Secretary of Defense, we're very happy about that and we appreciate everybody's vote,
Trump said under the noise of Air Force One In public comments and testimony before the Armed Services Committee, Mr. Hegseth did not reckon with this reality.
In a statement, McConnell wrote We look forward to having the backs of our troops in executing peace through strength, in putting America first and improving our military.
I didn't know that, I just know that we won.
When asked about McConnell's 'no' vote, which Trump had jokingly predicted earlier in the day, the president responded If we need to fight them, we are going to bring overwhelming and decisive force to destroy the enemy and to bring our boys home.
There was so many folks on this inside and allies on the outside who stood by us
Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion is more than a goal – it's our duty and a critical element of our ESG strategy. This recognition only encourages us to keep pushing to create generational change."
Here is what Shanda Hinton, Raytheon Technologies' chief diversity officer, had to say in 2023 Congratulations to @PeteHegseth, our new Secretary of Defense! Pete will bring transformative change, refocusing our military on lethality and recruiting efforts. I can’t wait to see what a great job he will do."
It was an honor to be in the fight with my friend, and your SecDef: @PeteHegseth,
He is the change agent that the DOD desperately needs,
Is Pete Hegseth really the best Republicans have to lead the greatest military in the world?"
He did an excellent job during a very contentious hearing and withstood all the attacks that came his way,
Our troops deserve better than someone as erratic and unqualified as Pete Hegseth,
