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Jen Psaki: “Pete Hegseth [is] requesting from Congress near roughly $80…”

Featuring: Jen Psaki, MSNBC Host | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:15

Hopefully we'll be able to actually address the crowd here. Exciting. So I want to ask you, as a veteran and a longtime military official, what is your response to Pete Hegseth [is] requesting from Congress near roughly $80 billion to cover the cost of Trump's deeply unpopular war with Iran. What do you make of that? You know, it's unacceptable and it's also predictable. I think that's just the way this whole administration has been running. (01:15–01:26)

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Asserts that Pete Hegseth requested $80 billion for the war with Iran.

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