Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got into a fiery exchange with Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing, as Gaetz accused the Pentagon of strategic failures due to misplaced focus on alleged 'wokeism.'
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had a fiery exchange with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at a House Armed Services budget hearing.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got into a fiery exchange with Republican Rep.
Austin responded that learning strategy and other relevant subjects is the focus of military universities. The secretary then grew visibly annoyed when Gaetz said the U.S. has fallen behind other countries in terms of hypersonic weapons."Your own people brief us that we are behind and that China is winning. Are you aware of the briefings we get on hypersonics?" Gaetz asked.
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