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Pete Hegseth: “There's plenty of precedent for the US Military supporting…”

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Defense Budget Hearing: Pete Hegseth and General Dan Kane Discuss FY 2026 Priorities and Global Threats

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Will continue law and order civil function under the Constitution of the United States States. Civil enforcement law enforcement authorities, not the US Military. And There's plenty of precedent for the US Military supporting law enforcement officers. What your military is doing right now is laying Concentrina wire. Guarding buildings, maintaining vehicles for other services. This is not only, I think, illegal, but also a diminution of the readiness and the focus of the military. (49:12–49:16)

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Asserts that there is historical precedent for the US Military supporting law enforcement.

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