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Pete Hegseth: “The cascading effect of what Joe Biden did in abandoning…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine hold press conference at the Pentagon

Published | Video Starts at 24:51

And I think you'll find it to be probably the most comprehensive review this department has ever done about a single series of events. And it's because The cascading effect of what Joe Biden did in abandoning that mission the way that he did and that disastrous withdrawal had ripple effects for our military, for our country, and for the world. That's why re establishing deterrence is one of the core pillars of what we've been doing at the War Department, because the world looked at that disaster and made choices. (24:51–25:06)

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Asserts that the Afghanistan withdrawal had negative ripple effects globally.

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