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Pete Hegseth: “The Pentagon ain't gonna like this book because it's honest…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Announcement: The War on Warriors

Published | Video Starts at 04:37

And if that happens to me, that could happen. So there's one group of people that ain't gonna like this book. The Pentagon. All right, The Pentagon ain't gonna like this book because it's honest and it's raw and it's real and it's true. And I think you're gonna be. Before the book came out or before the book was ready for pre order, Pete told me the story and I'm not going to say it because I want people to get. (04:37–04:42)

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Asserts that the Pentagon will disapprove of his book due to its candid nature.

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