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Pete Hegseth: “Iran's defeat is America's retribution for every American…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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LIVE: Pete Hegseth holds Pentagon briefing on the Iran war

Published | Video Starts at 08:06

Boots on the ground. Zero American casualties. The Iranians humiliated and demoralized. We control their fate, not the other way around. That's why they came to the table. Iran's defeat is America's retribution for every American lost to Iranian terror. Especially those brave troops killed by Iranian made roadside bombs in Iraq that my generation knows so well. And for the suffering their regime has inflicted around the world. (08:06–08:12)

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Asserts that Iran's defeat is a form of retribution for American lives lost to Iranian terror.

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