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The only thing I knew about Hegseth was from seeing him on Fox News. He is a curious choice with an interesting background:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth

"Conservative activist" might be exactly what DoD needs.
 
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I’d rather have someone heading up DoD who has put their own flesh and blood on the line fighting for this country than an executive. Heading the DoD is not like running a corporation where you need to make decisions to ensure profitability. Someone who has ACTUALLY been shot at is more likely to consider the gravity of sending men and women to die in battle and might actually be less likely to send them to die in a 20 year war or be influenced by military contractors ($$$$).


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The more I think about it, the more I like Hegseth in charge of the DOD. That place is a cesspool. Hegseth will gut it out.



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DoD has hundreds of thousands of civilian personnel plus the military. Decisions made at that level are not like just deciding what you want to have happen and it happens.
Our best SecDefs have probably been people like Harold Brown and Bill Perry.
I'll grant you, there was McNamara....
One suggestion I read was Erik Prince, who would seem to have the qualifications I'd like; but I don't know that much about him.



Hespeth can appoint subordinates to oversee the logistical, financial, and personnel aspects of the DOD while he takes care of the house cleaning and overall culture of the the DOD. He lived through some of the woke bullshit and was even removed from an assignment protecting President Biden and the Capitol after J6 because he has a cross tattooed on his chest. He continues to have contact with service members who connect with him because of his role on Fox News.

You can have the most efficient, well funded military in the world, and still lose if the the soldiers are not well trained in war fighting instead of wokeness, and their morale is in the shitter.

Again I suggest this interview to see his mindset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoN5ovwB8s4


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The only thing I knew about Hegseth was from seeing him on Fox News. He is a curious choice with an interesting background:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth

"Conservative activist" might be exactly what DoD needs.

His bio says he won two bronze stars and two army commendation medals. He rose high enough in the ranks to understand how the military works and he is obviously very intelligent. He seems to have more than enough "legit" military experience that no doubt eclipses many, or most, 20 active duty personnel. Plus, he essentially had an extensive "interview" working with Trump in his first administration.

I was expecting Tulsi Gabbard, but Hegseth seems like a very strong choice.


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Hegseth surprised me and my first thought was I hope he's not going into a position with shoes bigger than he can fill. Everything I've heard from him and seen of him is that he's in favor of a real "fighting" military and he can't stand what our military's become. If he can fill the shoes I think he'll do well.
 
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The more I think about it, the more I like Hegseth in charge of the DOD. That place is a cesspool. Hegseth will gut it out.

The VA, for sure, is absolutely a mess. At the management level, it is a repository for lazy, otherwise unemployable sloths that don't give a damn about doing their job or helping vets in any way.

I can say this with firsthand experience. I am not a vet, but I have worked with the VA for years to hire vets that deal with substance abuse issues, or are considered otherwise unemployable. 15-20 years ago, it was a good program and we had a great relationship. Now I cannot get these bureaucrats to show up in their own offices to sign their own contract to allow me to keep bringing in men that need the jobs. Keep in mind, it is their contract, not mine, and doesn't require any extra scrutiny, just their presence and a pen.

How lazy, stupid and incompetent does one have to be to become this useless?


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I really don't see NPR surviving an Elon audit.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/...sistance-day-1395%2F



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The military isn’t a business or a social experiment or anything else except its own unique organization due to its mandate to kill people and break things.

Hegseth was a surprise but after a bit of thought he is the perfect SecDef for what needs to be done. He is going to be giving a shit-ton of press conferences as he cleans house. More than any other prospective SecDef Hegseth knows how the media works. Hegseth may turn out to be one of Trump’s most effective and successful picks once the dust settles.
 
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Trump brings deportation chiefs into White House, away from entrenched agencies

https://justthenews.com/govern..._campaign=newsletter

His first administration saw internal leaks often frustrate his efforts to apprehend and deport illegal immigrants, but he appears prepared to avoid comparable obstacles by working outside of captured agencies, to some extent.

More at link


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One of the main arguments I have been hearing this morning from the super intellectual Main Stream Media is how Hegseth does not understand the bureaucracy. What they do not comprehend is, that bureaucracy is not going to be around much longer, it is about to be remade which is long overdue.

Their other beef is his comments about women in combat and something about pardoning war criminals(not too familiar about this subject) but I imagine it is their way of referring to service members that have somehow not killed the enemy according to their rules.
 
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The women in combat is addressed here: Basically he is saying any role where strength is a determining factor. women are just not as strong physically as men, and standards are being lowered to let them in infantry units, which will get people killed in combat. He said he has no problem with female fighter pilots, or women who can actually meet the standards before they were lowered to accommodate women.

That is one of the issues he talks about in this interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoN5ovwB8s4


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Trump brings deportation chiefs into White House, away from entrenched agencies

https://justthenews.com/govern..._campaign=newsletter

His first administration saw internal leaks often frustrate his efforts to apprehend and deport illegal immigrants, but he appears prepared to avoid comparable obstacles by working outside of captured agencies, to some extent.

More at link


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Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass.; Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill.; Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif.; and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, D; have been among the most high-profile voices promising non-compliance, but the efforts to thwart the administration will likely extend to the multitude of sanctuary cities across the nation.


Okay, then California, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts and like minded first world shitholes get zero federal dollars.

No defense funds, no DHS funds, no FBI, no FAA, no highway funds, no Medicare, no grants, no federal assistance at all. Zero.





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Trump has a number of business leaders who have run multibillion dollar companies successfully; in my opinion he should have picked one of them--someone like Howard Lutnick--to run DoD.



I'm sorry, I must have been out sick the day the memo came out that the DOD is a "business" that needs to be run by a businessman. Silly me!


 
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Anyone ever notice the lame-street media talking point word of the day?

Seems the current word is "loyalist"

Donald Trump is fielding his positions with loyalists, followed by commentary that it is all about reward/payback and nothing else.

How 'bout not having a Benedict Arnold descendant there to stab him in the back, leak sensitive information, spy on him or conspiring his demise? Eek
 
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I'm on board with all of Trump's picks so far except for Pete Hedgseth. Not because of his personal qualities, combat experience, etc.; but because I think those are irrelevant to the job of SecDef, which is running the biggest and most diverse "company" in the country.
Trump has a number of business leaders who have run multibillion dollar companies successfully; in my opinion he should have picked one of them--someone like Howard Lutnick--to run DoD.

I'm actually surprised that Trump, a hugely successful entrepreneur at heart, would not choose someone who has that kind of mindset and experience for this job.


Running the DoD as a company is how all the DEI shit came into effect!

No thanks!

It needs to be run like a tight, military unit, period.


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I don’t think this deserves a separate thread, but I did find the article interesting. I’ve been wondering why, eight days post election, there are still 12 House of Representatives seats remaining to be declared. Republicans now sit at 216 seats, just 2 shy of those necessary for a majority (Dems have 207 this morning). This morning President Trump stopped by the House and told Republicans that he believed they would have a “4 maybe 5 seat majority.”

This article focuses on two states, California and Florida. California is consistently the slowest to tally votes, in 2020, California was updating its ballot count until December 3rd, a full month after the general election. Florida (by the way, the 3rd most populous state), is kitty cat quick. This helps explain why.

Counting Ballots in CA Can Take Weeks—Why


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This from Charlie Kirk on “X,” regarding President Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth as SecDef.

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Something people need to understand about the Hegseth pick.

Our military is in crisis.

Our navy can barely build ships anymore. Our army has squandered years of munitions on the Ukraine quagmire.

Our soldiers are out of shape and morale is low.

Our country lost in Afghanistan and is losing right now to Houthis in Yemen.

Our military purged thousands of experienced patriots for not getting a Covid shot.

Professors warn that standards at our service academies have declined precipitously.

Our military had officers pick a fight with Tucker Carlson because he didn’t want pregnant women on the frontlines.

Our military admits mentally ill people who think they are the opposite sex and pays for their unnecessary medical procedures.

Our generals leak to the media about defying orders they might not like from President Trump.

All of this happened with “experienced” establishment generals running things. It’s unacceptable, and if it continues our country will keep losing wars, until we lose one we can’t afford to lose.

We need a SecDef who understands the scale of this problem and is ready for bold, decisive action. We need a smart outsider — and Pete Hegseth is a brilliant man who has thrived in the military, in academia, in finance, and in media. He understands the nature of this crisis and is ready to attack it immediately.

The people complaining think things are fine. They are afraid of losing cushy sinecures and lavish contracts. They want to maintain a failing status quo that works for them.

They should be ignored.


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During the photo op this morning, Trump looked happy but Joe was grinning from ear to ear. He looked positively ecstatic.
 
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