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Pete Hegseth: “Al Qaeda remains our enemy, obviously, and there are a lot…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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In full: Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 32:59

And what impact is Iran's degraded but still very real capability impacting current and future So I won't speak to a particular, particular target. I'll just say that Al Qaeda remains our enemy, obviously, and there are a lot of people on our target list in Iran. and if they were to be harboring Al Qaeda, they would certainly fit that list. Just quickly, you know, the mobile targets that they have that we continue to service as. (32:59–33:07)

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Asserts that Al Qaeda is still considered an enemy and there are targets in Iran.

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