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Pete Hegseth: “The main objective of this was to ensure that Iran never…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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BRUTAL: Jon Ossoff Brings The Receipts To Read Hegseth's Own Claims About Iran War Right Back To Him

Published | Video Starts at 03:59

You stated we had quilled at the level stated before. Not stated we doesn't have capabilities. Mr. Secretary, you stated we had, quote, achieved every single objective. Was that an accurate statement four months ago? The main objective of this was to ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Their main sites were obliterated. We're watching over them and we're holding that issue. If they don't give them up at the table, there's other ways we can take. Early in the country, never have. (03:59–04:05)

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Asserts that the main objective was to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and that their main sites were obliterated.

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