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Pete Hegseth: “The moment requires restoring and refocusing our defense…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:49

More cyber effects, more counter uas, more space, more speed. America is the strongest. But we need to get stronger and quickly. The time is now and the cause is urgent. The moment requires restoring and refocusing our defense industrial base, our shipbuilding industry, and onshoring all critical components. It requires, as President Trump has done, getting our allies and partners to step up and share the burden. America cannot do everything. (07:49–07:57)

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Asserts the need to restore and refocus the defense industrial base and shipbuilding industry.

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