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10:14Now PlayingBefore Pete Hegseth was even sworn in as Secretary of Defense, Admiral Daryl Caudle was already positioning himself to be his man to lead the Navy according to a New York Times investigation. Commander Bobby Jones (USN, Ret.) breaks down what the reporting reveals: how Caudle, then a training command chief, reportedly signaled support for purging “woke” influence from the fleet months before the Chief of Naval Operations job even opened ;and how he got picked for it after the Navy’s first female CNO was fired without explanation.
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