Secretary Hegseth [West Point Graduation]: Many of you, even in your short time in uniform, have endured, what I call, the slow slide of the U.S. Army. You've seen standards lowered. You've seen an obsession with race and gender. You've seen a watering-down of discipline, codes weakened, and traditions tossed aside in the name of political correctness. Statues takes down, paintings placed in the basement. I'm here to tell you, the slow slide here at West Point, and across the United States Army, is over. You, this group, represents the Snap Back. You, our newest warriors, our soon to be newly commissioned Second Lieutenants, will snap it back into formation. Political leaders with ideological agendas, and weak military leaders who were just looking to curry favors for the next star, allowed our cherished Army to slide off our true north. But you, our warriors, will snap it back. You are the future. Others may have allowed it to slide away. You will not. You will restore our Army, and I will empower you to do it.