Kristina Wong 13 Feb 2025
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that he is paying “very close attention” to who is executing the lawful orders from President Donald Trump and that woke generals “will have a different job in due time.”
“I’m paying very close attention. There’s plenty of three- and four-star generals up for promotion or up for new positions, and there will already be a few folks that that we’ve identified who will have different jobs in due time,” the defense secretary said.
“I’m not here to declare anybody woke and they’re out. We’re watching the the execution of culture change and willingness to support the president’s policies, lawful orders, and we’ll evaluate from there,” he said, adding:
I’ve never seen it as my job to walk in on day one and point at somebody and declare them a woke general and fire them. I actually think that would be the wrong way to go about doing it. However, over time, we get a very good sense of those that are willing to execute enthusiastically the lawful orders across that chain of command. And if people are not willing to, or they hedge on it, we’re paying attention. And I think it’s one of those things where you responsibly execute culture change. And a lot of that ultimately does come down to people.
Hegseth said immediate focus is implementing the executive orders issued by Trump, which have ordered the elimination of diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) in the military, the banning of troops with gender dysphoria from serving, and reinstatement of troops who were kicked out or left over the COVID vaccine mandate.
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