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Gary Peters: “You have over a trillion dollars. You're asking for one and…”

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

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Peters Presses Hegseth on Iran War as Pentagon Requests Additional $70 Billion

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

You won't show any political courage to actually fund our department because you have two Trump Trump derangement syndrome and can't actually commit to anything meaningful. So I put this on you, Senator. Secretary Hegsov. You have trillions. You have over a trillion dollars. You're asking for one and a half trillion dollars. It's not a question of money. It's a question of leadership and understanding what it takes to actually win. Political cowardice of Democrats who won't fund the troops. Senator's time has. (05:03–05:08)

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Asserts that Secretary Hegseff has over a trillion dollars and is asking for one and a half trillion dollars.

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