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Pete Hegseth: “One of the great mistakes of the past was that our leaders…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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We will correct the mistakes of the past, the mistakes of the so called Global South. I want to thank General Donovan, who has been an excellent partner and a great new leader here at Southern Command. One of the great mistakes of the past was that our leaders didn't provide the US Southern Command with the support that it needed. It was a command chock full of lawyers and social workers and NGOs, law enforcement. That's changing. (27:41–27:49)

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Asserts that past U.S. leaders failed to adequately support the US Southern Command.

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