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Pete Hegseth: “I'm asking for the right bombs at the right time to ensure…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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You are asking for unlimited money for bombs when people can't feed their families. And I don't know how this administration intends to defend those decisions and to the American people, not unlimited bombs. Senator, I'm asking for the right bombs at the right time to ensure we can deter our adversaries into the future. And that's why this is a generational investment and it was the previous administration. Why they are so upset with you and this administration is because the words you have used in the past don't add up about Iran specifically. (02:20–02:25)

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Asserts the need for specific military investments to deter future adversaries.

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