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Pete Hegseth: “President Trump's instinct at the beginning, based on his…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Pete Hegseth Discusses Military Reforms and U.S. Defense Strategy Under President Trump

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

So a little bit of taking a little patience, assessing the actual data is what this moment should be. But President Trump's instinct at the beginning, based on his understanding of what those weapons could do and that they were delivered properly at the right place. He said those places were obliterated. And he was right. The B2 pilots and the crew, people want to know, can you tell us anything about the crew? We know one of them was a woman. Do we have any playlists? (07:43–07:56)

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Asserts that President Trump correctly assessed that certain places were obliterated by weapons.

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