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Pete Hegseth: “This is not a fake blockade. This is a real full blockade…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine hold press conference at the Pentagon

Published | Video Starts at 20:52

Then you had the interdiction that the chairman described where we took out the engine room and disabled that ship. I think that sent a very clear sign that This is not a fake blockade. This is a real full blockade. We'll use up to and including lethal force if necessary. And that stopped. And other ships have taken note of that. So any ships that have attempted. There's been levels of escalation, but none that far and they've turned around. (20:52–20:59)

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Asserts that the blockade is real and lethal force may be used if necessary.

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