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Pete Hegseth: “These Gitmo detainees should have been executed in my mind…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 14:35

It was great to be with the Marines and others, do a little pt, see how fired up they are about their mission down there. But listen, I've written extensively about it. These Gitmo detainees should have been executed in my mind personally a long time ago for the crimes of what they committed against the American people. Unfortunately, the gears of American justice got gunked up all the way back to when I was a guard at Guantanamo in 2004, 2005, I was one of the guards, one of the, you know, exterior guards. (14:35–14:43)

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Asserts that Guantanamo Bay detainees should have been executed for their crimes against the U.S.

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