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Pete Hegseth: “The Houthi capital felt like an earthquake. Dozens and…”

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: 'UNRELENTING' Trump official sends 'clear' message to Iran-backed Houthis.

Published | Video Starts at 03:05

The minute the Houthis say, we'll stop shooting at your ships, we'll stop shooting at your drones, this campaign will end. But until then, it will be unrelenting. We got the reports last night, Maria. The Houthi capital felt like an earthquake. Dozens and dozens of precision heavy munitions dropping precisely on the targets that we wanted to hit. sending a very clear message. And the message is clear to Iran as well. And the president said it in his truth. Your support of the Houthis needs to end immediately. (03:05–03:15)

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Asserts that precision heavy munitions were used effectively on targets in the Houthi capital.

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