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Pete Hegseth: “Remember the Biden administration took off the foreign…”

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: 'UNRELENTING' Trump official sends 'clear' message to Iran-backed Houthis.

Published | Video Starts at 04:34

… and piracy, and you have to divert and go an extra two weeks costing millions, and then it eventually billions of dollars, you're being held hostage by a terrorist organization. Remember the Biden administration took off the foreign terrorist organization designation of the Houthis. That's right. President Trump restored it. We're squeezing them economically, we are pounding them militarily. By the way, to the Houthis, this isn't a one night thing. (04:34–04:40)

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Asserts that the Biden administration removed the foreign terrorist organization designation from the Houthis.

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