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Pete Hegseth Sec'y DoD Senate Confirmation Hearing Live 0930 EST
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| 14 January 2025
| PBS
Posted on 01/14/2025 6:08:54 AM PST by NautiNurse
An Army veteran who rose to the rank of major and served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hegseth, 44, says he believes that standards have declined and that efforts to expand diversity, equity and inclusion have driven white men away.
He complains in his latest book that “woke” generals and the leaders of the elite service academies have left the military dangerously weak and “effeminate” by promoting DEI. He says, “the next commander in chief will need to clean house.”
“Turns out, all the ‘diversity’ recruiting messages made certain kids — white kids — feel like they’re not wanted,” he said in his book.
If confirmed, he has said there will be no more “social justice, politically correct approaches to how we fight and conduct wars.” Instead, he said, “this is about lethality, meritocracy, readiness.”
And he has vowed to fire generals involved in “woke” programs.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government
KEYWORDS: confirmation; dei; dod; effeminate; hearing; hegseth; senate
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Expect Dems to pull Kavanaugh-like stunts. Former FOX News host Gretchen Carlson is working to assist in a surprise witness.
To: NautiNurse
Give yourself 10 lashes for linking to PBS.
Thank you.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:18:59 AM PST
by
trotskylvalia
(where nose meets the grindstone)
To: NautiNurse
Maybe, maybe not...Dems really have to be careful..it's not like they have even have one piece of the process...House, Senate, WH...
In other words...play nice...
To: Sacajaweau
Counting RINOs, they have two out of three.
To: NautiNurse
Expect Dems to pull Kavanaugh-like stunts. Not this time.
To: trotskylvalia
Reviewed six articles, all with hard bias against Hegseth. This one had a feed to the hearing. There you go.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:25:30 AM PST
by
NautiNurse
(With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
To: MinorityRepublican
Re: 5 - Agree.
There’s enough of a fact pattern for which Dems to question Hegseth.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:28:12 AM PST
by
Fury
To: MinorityRepublican
You underestimate the guile of wounded animals in a corner.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:28:41 AM PST
by
NautiNurse
(With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:32:24 AM PST
by
US Navy Vet
(Trump Train!!!)
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:34:04 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
To: RoosterRedux
Fox News is airing it now.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:41:39 AM PST
by
milagro
(There is no peace in appeasement! Thereon)
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:46:12 AM PST
by
peggybac
(“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” - Ayn Rand)
To: NautiNurse
For an old coot, Reed sure is a big prick. One of Chucky Schumer’s butt boyz.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:46:20 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Florida Felons "convicted" in New Yawk Kangaroo Courts by bozos make the best presidents!!!)
To: NautiNurse
Jack Reed, Minority Chairman is addressing now. He is presenting the usual and debunked BS...Rhode Island’s favorite son..
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:47:37 AM PST
by
Eli Kopter
(Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age - U. of Faroe Islands)
To: peggybac
Such warm introductory comments, then he started right in with the smears. Lord help me, I hate these wretched bastards, I really do
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:48:13 AM PST
by
j.havenfarm
(24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: NautiNurse
the enemies within that continue to destroy our country
To: FlingWingFlyer; peggybac
Yep. Not wasting any time. Defending DEI, affirmative action, whatever flavor of non-white hetero males you prefer to call it.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:49:12 AM PST
by
NautiNurse
(With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
To: MinorityRepublican
I think they will. Sen. Reed is already coming with guns blazing. They’re not going to roll over on this one. They intend to damage him as much as possible.
To: peggybac
Reed is first order gasbag.
To: peggybac
That Reed is a real prick.
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posted on
01/14/2025 6:57:23 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(“Time to Play Cowboys and Snowflakes!”)
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