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Pete Hegseth: “The Biden administration was more concerned about Ukraine's…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Secretary Hegseth Speaks at Reagan National Defense Forum

Published | Video Starts at 20:21

So I'll spend the balance of my time here talking about the other three lines of effort, the first of which are defending the US Homeland and hemisphere. The Biden administration was more concerned about Ukraine's borders than our own. They tried to make it controversial to say that border security is national security, but that is of course absurd. Border security is national security and we are prioritizing it accordingly. (20:21–20:26)

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Asserts that the Biden administration prioritized Ukraine's borders over U.S. borders.

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