Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a rousing speech to military leaders during a conference on Tuesday. The secretary asserted that America’s military must be strong and lethal to protect its interests and security. Since waging war is so costly in blood and treasure, we owe our Republic a military that will win any war we we choose,” Hegseth added. The secretary outlined more rigorous training standards for service members. Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops,” Hegseth said.