The department exists to fight wars and achieve peace through strength, Secretary Pete Hegseth told a gathering of top brass

The only mission of the newly rebranded Department of War is to fight and win wars and “achieve peace through strength,” Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday in an address to senior military leaders.

The speech was delivered at an unusually large and urgent meeting convened by US President Donald Trump and attended by senior officers stationed around the world.

Speaking at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, Hegseth said that from that moment on, the department’s “only mission” is “war fighting… preparing for war…

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