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SecWar Hegseth: “Underwriting the change that we’ve seen in our department was a laser focus on getting back to basics. And the key word to that is Merit.
We had a department that was, that was obsessed with gender ideology and race, diversity, equity, and inclusion. In fact, the mantra you would hear dripping from the lips of generals with a serious look on their face was, “Our diversity is our strength,” which is the single dumbest phrase in military history.
Of course, our diversity is NOT our strength. Our unity is our strength, our shared purpose, the flag we wear and the Constitution we serve to defend.
And when you clear that debris away—whether it’s Marxist ideologies or social engineering political correctness or quotas based on gender and diversity—you get the best of the best rising up regardless of gender, regardless of race, motivated by that environment where merit reigns.
It's accountability, standards, lethality, readiness, training. All the debris wiped away. That is the secret sauce of the revival of the War Department and why Americans are attracted to service, serving in it, and why those inside it—why morale is sky high. And any insinuation that it is not are coming from folks who haven't been in our units recently. Go visit the troops at every level—their morale is at record levels."
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