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Pete Hegseth: “No longer will America be complacent with the threats of ag…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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U.S. Department of War and USDA sign MOU

Published | Video Starts at 17:53

We have the munitions, we have the protections and in agriculture that we have the food security required for those that defend us and the American people. Through the efforts established today, our message to the world is clear. No longer will America be complacent with the threats of ag terrorism or bioterrorism. Just as we need to secure our border in our hemisphere, which this is a part of to defend our sovereignty, so too we need to secure our farms. (17:53–18:01)

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Asserts that America will actively address threats of agricultural terrorism and bioterrorism.

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