Speaking with host Anna Cabrera, he admitted that some of the things Hegseth was proposing and Trump claimed left him speechless. “I'm hard-pressed to put together my thoughts on this, Anna, to be honest with you,” he began. “But those four services I've had the opportunity to serve with, not only in combat, but on the joint staff and in various assignments through my career: there are no finer human beings across our force. There is a reason why the other armies of the world say we are the best on the globe. Those are my thoughts on what I've heard so far,” he concluded.