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Pete Hegseth: “For too long, leaders in Washington and their foreign policy…”

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We're doing it by restoring the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military to historic levels and re establishing deterrence in this hemisphere and around the world. World. For too long, leaders in Washington and their foreign policy functionaries abandoned the simple wisdom of the Monroe Doctrine. They were consumed with the United States only going abroad. They ignored the warnings of President John Quincy Adams who said that if our nation went overseas only in search … (12:53–13:03)

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