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Pete Hegseth: “The first mission, the first of two, was an audacious…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Trump warns Iran on precipice of widespread destruction in national address

Published | Video Starts at 27:15

Trump. From the moment our airmen went down, President Trump made it clear, we will leave no one behind. The first mission, the first of two, was an audacious daylight thunder run right up the middle, was authorized in less than two hours from that pilot going down. when we knew where he was. And it was authorized in the middle of the night because anybody that's worked from this man knows he's up in the middle of the night. (27:15–27:27)

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