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Pete Hegseth: “Iran should not pursue and will not get nuclear weapons…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Pete Hegseth Discusses US Military Posture Amid Middle East Tensions on FOX News

Published | Video Starts at 04:42

Still that peacetime president hopes to be. Yeah. And he made it very clear, has continued to make it very clear to them that Iran should not pursue and will not get nuclear weapons. That is not in American interest. And certainly Israel believed it was a threat to them. And so Israel took action. As this back and forth continues, as I said, we're going to defend our folks. (04:42–04:49)

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Asserts that Iran should not pursue nuclear weapons and will not obtain them, as it is against American interests.

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