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Pete Hegseth: “The weakness of previous administrations, Obama and Biden…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth reveals Trump's plans for DC

Published | Video Starts at 09:42

No, because this is not a war of President Trump's making. He ran to say, I want to end this war. He didn't cause this. The weakness of previous administrations, Obama and Biden, caused this [war]. President Trump came in to say, I'm going to make peace. It makes nobody happy, but it ends a senseless war with thousands of people and killed every week. (09:42–09:47)

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Asserts that the Obama and Biden administrations' weaknesses led to the current war.

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