Pete Hegseth Could Bring an End to DEI in the Military as Defense SEC, Expert Says

Conservatives are optimistic that Pete Hegseth will purge left-wing ideology from the military if confirmed as Secretary of Defense.

Hegseth — a veteran and former Fox News host whom President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead the Defense Department —  is an outspoken critic of the Biden administration’s embrace of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) agenda. Hegseth is the author of a New York Times-bestselling book, “The War On Warriors,” which details the left-wing ideological capture of the military.

Hegseth explained how DEI weakens the military in an interview with Daily Wire host and editor emeritus Ben Shapiro.

“The Left knows that by pushing DEI, now they’ve got black soldiers looking at white soldiers and white soldiers looking at black soldiers wondering who really deserved what or why they’re in a position, which is really toxic for an organization primed on unity,” he said.

William Thibeau, the director of the Claremont Institute’s American Military Project and an Army Ranger veteran, is a vocal opponent of DEI in the military. He’s also optimistic that a Hegseth-led Pentagon could mark the end of the woke ideology’s presence in the armed services {snip}

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He also called on Hegseth to completely root out the DEI agenda immediately upon becoming the Secretary of Defense. {snip}

Eliminating DEI in the military could prove difficult. An ongoing Daily Wire series documents how the Defense Department embraced and promulgated far-left ideology on race and gender, requesting nearly $270 million across three years to fund its DEI agenda.

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“Restore standards. Fix the Army fitness test, return to a professions-based assessment of qualifications without bias based on a person’s sex,” the Army Ranger veteran said before calling on the Trump administration to “end consideration of race and sex for military personnel and programs. {snip}”

“Fire senior officers who have embraced DEI as military policy {snip}” Thibeau elaborated.

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