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Elizabeth Warren: “Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a military strike…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth: "There have to be consequences for abject war crimes."

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

You know what? I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth and 2025 Pete Hegseth needs to be investigated for possible war crimes. But here's what recent reporting has laid out. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Sources say that Hegseth gave an order to kill everybody. While that boat began to burn from that strike, two survivors clung to the wreck. (00:41–00:48)

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