He deflects, he defers, he talks about other things. He gets defensive. Compare that to, let's say the Iraq war and the first six months of the Iraq war. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at that time was up in Congress doing 20 briefings in six months compared to the five that Pete Hegseth has done. And Donald Rumsfeld spoke quite in detail about the cost of the war and the strategy of the war, whether he agreed with it or not when it comes to briefing the press and the American public. (08:45–08:55)
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Asserts that Donald Rumsfeld conducted 20 briefings in six months compared to Pete Hegseth's five briefings.
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