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Hey everyone and welcome to the 

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Pentagon's weekly Situation Report . 

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This week was all about refocusing the 

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DOD on its core mission and getting 

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back to basics . It was a huge week at 

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the department . On Monday , Secretary 

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Hegseth signed a memorandum directing 

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general officer and flag officer 

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reductions throughout the services to 

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cut bureaucratic bloat at the top and 

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to empower our war fighters across the 

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force to do their jobs . This less 

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generals , more GI's policy will 

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absolutely enhance our operational 

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effectiveness and make the DOD more 

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lean and more mean . We don't need more 

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bureaucracy at the top . We need 

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empowered war fighters throughout our 

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ranks , and that's exactly what we got . 

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On Tuesday , Secretary Hag delivered 

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the keynote address at Special 

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Operations Forces Week , where he 

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pledged to keep standards high and to 

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leave woke . And weakness behind on 

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Wednesday , the Supreme Court allowed 

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President Trump's ban on transgender 

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military service to take effect . 

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Common sense is back at the Department 

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of Defense . We're delivering on the 

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president's agenda , period . And 

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finally , President Trump announced 

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that the Houthis , exhausted by our 

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nearly daily operations , have 

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capitulated and do not want to fight . 

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President Trump has been very clear 

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from the beginning . Freedom of 

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navigation is the objective . Whether 

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the strikes continue is up to the 

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Houthis . That's all we got for you 

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today , folks . Thank you all so much 

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for watching . God bless you all and 

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God bless this amazing country that we 

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call home .