Hegseth Urges West Point Cadets to Embrace Lethality Over Lip Service
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told West Point cadets in a commencement address that the White House would back their toughest decisions, urged them to prioritize lethality over likability and to ignore past rules of engagement, praised their fitness by saying 'you are fit, not fat,' and floated pardons for minor infractions.
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