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Pete Hegseth: “The Department of War has acted decisively to inject…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 24:27

… 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. We are firing up the American economic engine at every level of the Defense Industrial base. (24:27–24:36)

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Asserts that the Department of War has taken decisive actions to inject capital and stimulate production.

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