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Pete Hegseth: “I think those platforms are critical to the force right now…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 48:51

Can you provide us with that information? I think that's critically important. I think we should get that to you. And I think those platforms are critical to the force right now and we need to make sure we're able to sustain that. I think you made the point you all that industrial based readiness is a strategic issue. It's what the National Security Strategy recognizes. (48:51–48:56)

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Asserts that the Black Hawk and Chinook platforms are critical to the military force and need to be sustained.

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