Pete Hegseth directs military academies that all future admissions will be based solely on merit
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday sent a memo to West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy that going forward all admissions can only be based on merit.
He added that this would ensure that only the "most qualified candidates" would be admitted.
"Selecting anyone but the best erodes lethality, our warfighting readiness, and undercuts the culture of excellence in our Armed Forces," he wrote.
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