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Pete Hegseth: “The President had put out an executive order just a couple…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth full speech at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth

Published | Video Starts at 12:40

We're changing the game to incentivize speed, to incentivize efficiency, competition, open architecture at cost, ensuring that big companies like this one and small ones can compete. And I've had some pretty tough words to say. And The President had put out an executive order just a couple of days ago about how big defense prime contractors in this country need to step up. And he's right, and he's looking out, I'm looking out into an incredible audience of Americans here who are committed to an incredible company that's built incredible platforms. (12:40–12:48)

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Asserts that a recent executive order was issued regarding defense contractors' responsibilities.

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