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Pete Hegseth: “Iran's stubborn and self evident nuclear pursuits, their…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Crazy regimes like Iran, hell bent on prophetic Islamist delusions, cannot have nuclear weapons. It's common sense, many have said it, but it takes guts to actually enforce it. And our President has guts. Iran's stubborn and self evident nuclear pursuits, their targeting of global shipping lanes and their swelling arsenal of ballistic missiles and killer drones are no longer tolerable risks. Iran was building powerful missiles and drones to create a conventional shield for their nuclear black male ambitions. Let me say that again. A conventional shield for their nuclear blackmail ambitions. (16:34–16:48)

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Asserts that Iran's nuclear pursuits and military actions are intolerable risks.

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