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Pete Hegseth: “The only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's extended 60 Minutes interview

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

We're putting the other guys in danger. That's our job. So we're not concerned about that. We mitigate it as we need to. Our commanders factor all of this, but The only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians that think they're going to live. The President said recently there will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender. What does that look like, unconditional surrender? How will you know it's real? (01:27–01:31)

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Asserts that Iranian forces should be concerned about their safety due to U.S. military actions.

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