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Pete Hegseth: “Their command and control capabilities are highly degraded.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth, Caine brief on Iran operation amid fragile ceasefire

Published | Video Starts at 28:32

Have the Houthis been an issue in the Straits of Hormuz and the Bab El Mandab Strait at the Red Sea? Are we tracking that militarily? Appreciate that on the ceasefire front, it's right. Their command and control capabilities are highly degraded. So their ability to talk, see sense, is at the worst it's ever been. But their motivation to want to stay in the cease fire is very high because they … (28:32–28:36)

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