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Pete Hegseth: “Israel believed in its own self-defense. It needed to take…”

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 01:41

And the president has been leading the way on setting the tempo of how we look at the region and ultimately recognize, you know, a couple of days ago, Israel believed in its own self-defense. It needed to take action against nuclear capabilities and ballistic missiles. And we saw the response from Iran. We've seen that the US Is postured to defend our people in the region. We've got significant assets in the region. (01:41)

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Asserts that Israel took self-defense actions against nuclear capabilities and ballistic missiles.

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