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Pete Hegseth: “Cuba is 90 miles away. No country should live under the…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 15:34

You mentioned earlier today about Cuba trying to procure weapons in terms of potentially for other countries and the threat that might pose. Can you expand on that? Just. Warning. Just a warning. You know, Cuba's. Cuba is 90 miles away. No country should live under the threat of those kinds of capabilities across from [the U.S.]. the U.S. are you trying to, like WM, like WMDs or. I'm not going to tell you everything about what I know. (15:34–15:41)

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Asserts that Cuba's proximity to the U.S. poses a threat if it develops certain capabilities.

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