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Pete Hegseth: “If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth talks 'hitting Iran hard' at CENTCOM

Published | Video Starts at 13:19

It's right there. They have that chance. They're choosing to play games. They're choosing to tap. If they want to tap, then the President will turn to the War Department. If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it. Nobody better in the world. And again, so we're in lockstep with the White House, in lockstep with the negotiating team to make sure we set the conditions and the targets tonight are meant to do that. (13:19–13:26)

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Asserts that the U.S. is highly skilled at using military force as a negotiation tool.

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