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Gary Peters: “You don't have a strategy. You don't have a long term plan…”

Featuring: Gary Peters, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Michigan

WATCH: 'You, sir, are the failure,' Sen. Peters tells Hegseth over lack of U.S. strategy in Iran war

Published July 21, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:29

But if there's a lack of a winning strategy, they're in harm's way. Their leaders have failed them, and that's what's happening. We have political leadership. You, You don't have a strategy. You don't have a long term plan to actually win this war. Win the war. The men and women are going to be able to do it, but they need to have leadership. When will you show leadership? When will you show leadership? (01:29–01:35)

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Asserts that there is no strategy or long-term plan to win the war.

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