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Pete Hegseth: “There's no plan for a wave of new Middle Eastern refugees to…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 15:53

There's a lot of US And Israeli capacity coming over. We're hitting a lot of targets. The best thing for them to do for right now is just to lay low right here. There's no plan for a wave of new Middle Eastern refugees to the United States of America. I think, as the President has pointed out for a long time, there are a lot of countries in the region who would be capable of providing that kind of support if need be. (15:53–15:59)

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Asserts that there is no plan for accepting a new wave of Middle Eastern refugees into the U.S.

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