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Pete Hegseth: “If we can't figure this out at the negotiating table, then…”

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Fox News Interview with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on US-China Relations and Panama Canal Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 06:12

Steve Witkoff does a fantastic job, but it was a good step and they're going to go at it again Saturday. But he's also dead serious that If we can't figure this out at the negotiating table, then there are other options to include my department to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear bomb. We hope we never get there. We really do, Maria. But what we're doing with the Houthis and what we're doing in the region, we've shown a capability to go far, to go deep and to go big. (06:12–06:20)

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Asserts that military options are considered if negotiations with Iran fail.

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