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Pete Hegseth: “The reconciliation last year was a new vehicle.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 34:33

And ultimately we look forward to working with the committee to ensuring, however it shakes out, that it's with full transparency with you and maximizing options for the department. And I think The reconciliation last year was a new vehicle. So it took some time, especially because we're doing new things. Office of Strategic Capital, different avenues. So figuring out how to deploy that took longer than we'd like. (34:33–34:38)

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