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Pete Hegseth: “They're building a tunnel underneath the canal. They're…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Fox News Interview with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on US-China Relations and Panama Canal Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 03:45

When you're going into it, it's all Chinese signs. When you're coming out of it, there's all Chinese signs. That was sort of one piece of color that indicates how dominant they've been. Correct. They're building a tunnel underneath the canal. They're paying for. What could that be used for? Surveillance of submarines, of ships. bridges over the top, cranes within. We flew by their cranes in that port, antennas all over them. What are those used to do? We didn't. (03:45–03:53)

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Asserts that China is building a tunnel under the Panama Canal, potentially for surveillance.

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