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Pete Hegseth: “I think it has a future, it has a place on the battlefield.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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I think this and the E7 is one of those. So we've actually sent a budget amendment to OMB to add that. I think it has a future, it has a place on the battlefield. And we'll get more information for you on that as well. I appreciate that and I particularly though appreciate the mindset. I think you're 100% right. (45:40–45:44)

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