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Pete Hegseth: “This is not Iraq and Afghanistan. This is not a president…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth: 'We negotiate with bombs'

Published | Video Starts at 01:52

And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle as long as, as hard as is necessary to ensure the interests of the United States of America are achieved on that battlefield. This is not Iraq and Afghanistan. This is not a president who's interested in vague end states. He's been very clear with us about what we need to accomplish, creating the conditions for them never to have a nuclear capability. And that's exactly what we're doing in historic fashion. (01:52–01:58)

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Asserts that the current military operation differs from those in Iraq and Afghanistan, with clear objectives.

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