Pete Hegseth: “Lloyd Austin was gone for a week and nobody knew.”

“Like, I can't go AWOL for 30 minutes. Like someone knows where I am at all times. And you can attest to this, the idea that Lloyd Austin was gone for a week and nobody knew. shows you how asleep at the wheel the previous administration was across the board and the world knew it and they were taking advantage of it.” (31:01–31:05)

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