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Pete Hegseth: “The Biden administration allowed them [Iran] to pursue…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Schatz Presses Hegseth On Iran War Planning Amid Scramble To Relocate Weapons, Evacuate Personnel

Published | Video Starts at 03:58

We all remember the pictures, remember the Americans with their hands above their head at gunpoint of the Iranians. It's because they didn't have leadership like President Trump, who empowered them to do what was necessary. The Biden administration allowed them [Iran] to pursue nuclear ambitions, didn't do anything about it. President Trump stepped in. We factored all the risk and ranges of options. We put in maximum defensive capability for our troops as, as, as we could in real time. (03:58–04:04)

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Asserts that the Biden administration did not act against Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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