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Pete Hegseth: “Under the Biden administration, we let our troops and our…”

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Signal chat leak Defense secretary Pete Hegseth remarks on group chat leak LiveNOW from FOX.

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We also have seen it on full display in what's been done to the Houthi terrorists and what they're trying to do to close Freedom of Navigation. You see, Under the Biden administration, we let our troops and our ships, both warships and commercial ships, get shot at to no consequence. What does that look like? That looks like weakness. And what President Trump has said is peace through strength is back. We will re establish deterrence. That's not acceptable. (01:00–01:08)

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Claims that during the Biden administration, military and commercial ships were attacked without consequences.

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