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Pete Hegseth: “Our pacing threat in the Indo Pacific and then burden…”

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Defense Budget Hearing: Pete Hegseth and General Dan Kane Discuss FY 2026 Priorities and Global Threats

Published | Video Starts at 1:31:22

And by issuing that interim national defense strategy, it allowed our building to plan around the priorities of President Trump. So that was. And that interim national defense strategy focused on defending the homeland, a recognition that that is important. Our pacing threat in the Indo Pacific and then burden sharing for our allies and partners. making sure that they're stepping up so that we can focus where we need to. I would anticipate that our national defense strategy will include a lot of those ingredients, but more fully developed, I would expect late summer. (1:31:22–1:31:27)

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Asserts that the Indo-Pacific is a pacing threat and emphasizes burden sharing with allies.

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