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Pete Hegseth: “Once you start to signal that we're out of here with a date…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 38:48

Once they make that march, they've targeted assassinations across the country, alliances as necessary that once you start, Once you start to signal that we're out of here with a date certain which is exactly what happened. Remember they said it for September 11th, September 11th of 2021. But it was the 20 year anniversary, was the deadline. Remember that? The dumbest stuff I've ever heard. (38:48–38:54)

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Asserts that signaling a specific withdrawal date contributed to the situation in Afghanistan.

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