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Hakeem Jeffries: “It's not clear to me that the so called Secretary of Defense…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

Leader Jeffries on CNN's The Situation Room

Published December 3, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:26

Well, there's a lot of explaining that the White House needs to do. Listen, at the end of the day, the buck stops with the president and the so called Secretary of Defense. And It's not clear to me that the so called Secretary of Defense is being truthful in this instance. And so that's why it's going to be a complete and thorough bipartisan congressional investigation in both the House and the Senate so we can uncover the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. (00:26–00:32)

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