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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Pete Hegseth complained about ‘Marxist’ agenda of letting out gay troops serve in the military

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, previously argued that out gay people serving in the military is part of a larger “Marxist” agenda.

Hegseth made the argument that the policy is putting social justice over combat readiness in his book The War on Warriors which was published this year.

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