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The new Secretary of Defense is contrary to the apolitical culture of the army and efforts to build a force that reflects the United States.
By Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
Reporting from Washington
Pete Hegesh, the Secretary of Defense newly shown, has pledged to repair the “warrior ethics” to the United States army, which he has weakened through his diversity.
His view that the military has diminished its standards in welcoming women and racial minorities might run into resistance as he takes the reins at the Pentagon, which sees its diversity as an asset and has tried to build a force that mirrors America.
Hegseth said the criteria were “lowered” when they began serving in combat positions. But it will be greeted through more than 10,000 who have recently taken up combat roles, artillery and infantry positions to combat engineers and even some greens and army rangers.
He has promised to “address the recruitment, retention and preparation crisis in our ranks” and return “lethality” to the pentagon. But the army has been the target of the problems for years.
“The Ministry of Total Defense will be able to concentrate on lethality when this door crosses and will not fight it on this issue,” said Peter Feaver, a professor of Political Science at Duke University who studied infantry men for decades, In an interview.
Hegesh, a veteran of the struggle army and former Fox News leader, issued law breath problems in his army criticism in the apparitions of the podcast and in his book, “The War on Warriors” Array
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