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Hegseth (Princeton '03, Harvard '13) cancels troop attendance at top-ranked schools for teaching the “enemy’s wicked ideologies” to service members

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of members of the military attending some of the country’s top-ranked colleges and universities on Friday, beginning academic year 2026-27, arguing the schools are teaching the “enemy’s wicked ideologies” to service members.

Hegseth, who attended Harvard University for postgraduate studies, said the move would affect institutions like Princeton University, Columbia University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, Yale University and “others.”

Earlier this month, Hegseth announced the Pentagon would cut all academic ties with Harvard starting in the 2026-27 school year, contending the country’s oldest university is “one of the red-hot centers of hate-America activism.”
 
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of members of the military attending some of the country’s top-ranked colleges and universities on Friday, beginning academic year 2026-27, arguing the schools are teaching the “enemy’s wicked ideologies” to service members.

Hegseth, who attended Harvard University for postgraduate studies, said the move would affect institutions like Princeton University, Columbia University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, Yale University and “others.”

Earlier this month, Hegseth announced the Pentagon would cut all academic ties with Harvard starting in the 2026-27 school year, contending the country’s oldest university is “one of the red-hot centers of hate-America activism.”
Because compelling speech is “free speech”!
 
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We don't want our future leaders to turn out like Hegseth, do we?
I dunno, it’s heartwarming, just think if Otis (Campbell) from The Andy Griffith Show, had suddenly been elevated to High Office.
Gosh, that woulda been swell!
 
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I'm sure what will make ive league universities more conservative is sending them fewer conservative students.
This belies the belief that there’s not enough liberals to keep these institutions afloat without conservatives.

The Universities are supposed to be where we “keep” the people, who, if they were allowed (and had the inclination) to, interact with the government at any level, would likely do great damage.

What conservatives are looking to do is diminish their influence within government by trying to be the ones to be “in charge” of what colleges teach. I say, “let them”, good, in 30 years the Universities will be conservative and the government will be liberal.
 
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