Ret. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges says Hegseth's fitness standard remarks were "completely unnecessary"
October 5, 2025
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as posted by the channelRet. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's remarks about fitness standards to his military generals were "completely unnecessary." Hodges called it "almost a medieval approach, that doesn't reflect the requirements that we have for women and men who are intelligent, able to operate in a modern battlefield environment."
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