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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

The origin dates to the 4th century Rome and has been repeated ever since, including by our first commander-in-chief, George Washington, the first leader of the war department.

It captures a simple yet profound truth to ensure peace we must prepare for war.

So clearly, Drew, I think we lost that thinking there for a while, certainly through the 90s,

and especially when we thought we were the only power on earth that could ever exist,

so why would we have to worry about it? But now there is a country out there called China that

actually is going to go to war with us at some point. And people said things like Pete Hegzeth, the Secretary of Defense, or do you say war, just said, but they didn't really mean it.

No.

They didn't mean in a concrete way, like whipping our jobs program oriented in some facets military into a true lean mean fighting force. But Pete

seems serious about it. Here are a couple more clips from his speech today. 61, Michael.

From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this.

War fighting.

Preparing for war and preparing to win.

Unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.

Not because we want war, no one here wants war.

But it's because we love peace. We love peace for our fellow citizens. They deserve

peace and they rightfully expect us to deliver it.

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