Secretary Hegseth, that is obviously in direct contradiction to what you said from the Pentagon podium the next day. So are you saying that these soldiers, our soldiers who survived this horrific attack are lying? What I'm saying is Before the commencement of the conflict, we put in maximum defensive posture. We could. That's a direct conflict. We moved 70 in this directing. Can I speak or you just got a monologue? Falsehoods all over the place. It's not a false. (08:26–08:32)
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