{"id":827960,"date":"2021-09-29T14:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=827960"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:14:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:14:30","slug":"former-va-secy-wilkie-says-wokeness-ruins-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-va-secy-wilkie-says-wokeness-ruins-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Former VA Secy. Wilkie says wokeness ruins military"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-va-secy-wilkie-says-wokeness-ruins-military%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=827960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2534398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2534398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then -Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert Wilkie speaks during a meeting with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:40 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, September 29, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Former Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said wokeness is ruining the military. In an interview Tuesday, he claimed the ideology is undermining meritocracy, morale and readiness across branches.<\/p>\n<p>To Wilkie, the beauty of the armed forces is its unbiased, merit-based approach. However, he believes the woke agenda has eroded this standard and turned comrades against one another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we have general officers who are repeating openly political views on things like critical race theory, etc. and that is extremely dangerous to this country,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe need to return professionalism, we need to get the politics out of it\u2026the coverage has been disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilkie also criticized his successor, Denis McDonough, for his lack of military experience and his priorities. McDonough said his four goals are transgender rights, union authorities, diversity and telework policy. Wilkie pointed out that those goals appear to be missing one key word: <em>veterans<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/reports-body-found-as-police-search-for-gabby-petito\/\">Attorney Confirms Brian Laundrie Took Camping Trip With Parents After Returning Home Without Gabby Petito<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then -Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert Wilkie speaks during a meeting with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Washington. 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