7 takeaways from Hegseth's address to officers: Warfare's future, faith and a new base

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed active-duty officers, focusing on culture-war grievances, the removal of "woke" policies from the Defense Department, and the future of warfare.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a flurry of announcements during a wide-ranging speech to active-duty officers Wednesday. At the beginning of the address, the Pentagon chief stuck to his bread and butter: culture-war grievances, stripping the “woke” out of the Department of Defense (DOD), bashing the news media for its coverage of the Iran war,...
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