Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of ‘wokeness’
By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Mar 1, 2026, 07:43 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Alex Brandon/AP)
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.”
Hegseth announced the policy in a video posted to social media on Friday, three weeks after he said the military was cutting ties with Harvard University. Without citing evidence, Hegseth said the universities have become “breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination” that undermine military values.
“For decades, the Ivy League and similar institutions have gorged themselves on a trust fund of American taxpayer dollars, only to become factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain,” he said. “They’ve replaced the study of victory and pragmatic realism with the promotion of wokeness and weakness.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/03/02/pentagon-to-cut-ties-with-columbia-yale-brown-and-others-hegseth-accuses-of-wokeness/
