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Pete Hegseth: “Defense manufacturers are investing in new plants and new…”

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The American people are excited about what you're bringing to our department, our defense industrial base. $50 billion in private investments because of your. The meetings you've held. Defense manufacturers are investing in new plants and new manufacturing, new production lines. so that we're getting weapons faster than ever. And. And then the 1.5 trillion that you've committed to the department going forward, that's a million American jobs. One million American manufacturing jobs. (00:18–00:24)

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Asserts that defense manufacturers are investing in new infrastructure and production capabilities.

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