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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will bar military personnel from attending several prestigious universities, including Columbia, Yale, Brown, Princeton, MIT, and Harvard, starting with the next academic year. Hegseth accused these institutions of promoting 'anti-American resentment' and 'toxic indoctrination' that allegedly conflict with military values.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon would be canceling troops' attendance at graduate programs at some of the nation's top universities, calling them 'woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination.' The ban applies to institutions like Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale, and others, starting next academic year.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the 'complete and immediate cancellation' of all Department of War attendance at universities like Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale, and others, starting with the next 2026-27 academic year. He claimed the universities had replaced 'the study of victory and pragmatic realism with the promotion of wokeness and weakness.'
The Pentagon will forbid members of the ... , and other universities starting next school ... 'factories of anti-American resentment.' Hegseth announced the policy ... .
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Department of Defense is blocking active-duty troops from attending graduate-level education at Ivy League schools and other top universities, starting next academic year. Hegseth accused the universities of being 'breeding grounds of toxic indo ... ' and said that the ban would go into effect for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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