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Pete Hegseth: “The JCPOA was a path to a bomb. What this deal will be will…”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sen. Warner, more | Face the Nation Full Broadcast - June 14, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 04:15

Nuclear material will be destroyed and removed. The nuclear program will be dismantled. The straits will be open. No tolling. This is, this is not. The JCPOA was a path to a bomb. What this deal will be will be a wall to a bomb. And that was the objective from the beginning. Very clear from the beginning. So as far as our military posture, we'll maintain what we need to. (04:15–04:22)

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Asserts that the new deal is intended to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, unlike the JCPOA.

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