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Pete Hegseth: “President Trump's War Department has begun to turn the…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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These investments equal great things for America, American families and American workers and help us ensure our war fighters can defend this great country. Together with the help of the policy updates and appropriations passed by Congress, President Trump's War Department has begun to turn the lights back on in manufacturing towns across this country. to forge a lethal arsenal of freedom. Where our critical supply chains are threatened. The Department of War has acted decisively to inject capital, stimulate production and prevent adversarial exploitation. (24:16–24:22)

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Asserts that President Trump's War Department is revitalizing manufacturing towns.

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