“You will not see color, and you will not try to meet arbitrary quotas based on immutable characteristics.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used his West Point commencement speech to sharply criticize past military diversity policies while urging future Army officers to focus on merit, leadership, and performance. “You do not have time to celebrate identity months,” Hegseth told cadets during the address at the U.S. Military Academy. He also blasted what he called the military’s past embrace of “

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