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Pete Hegseth: “No one's taken operational security more seriously than us.”

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Even if the information may be coming from insiders in your office, Senator, it's not something we're involved in at all. And of course, we take operational security at every level very Seriously. In fact, No one's taken operational security more seriously than us. If you look at what it required to keep secret, Midnight Hammer and Operation Maduro, the absolute resolve with Maduro and the steps we've taken, no one's been tighter about ensuring that operational security is real. (02:55–03:01)

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Asserts that the department prioritizes operational security above all others.

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