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Pete Hegseth: “Joe Biden allowed those attacks to go on as if it was a new…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:58

All the way back to the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, we've understood that free navigation of the seas is a core tenet of the United States of America. You don't shoot at American ships. Yet Joe Biden allowed those attacks to go on as if it was a new normal, a new status quo. while we responded. And after 50 days of relentless bombing, the Houthis cried uncle. They said, okay, we won't shoot at your ships anymore. They were dying, literally and figuratively, to make a deal. (07:58–08:04)

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Asserts that Joe Biden allowed attacks on American ships to continue without response.

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