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Pete Hegseth: “We define success... by reaching the military objectives…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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LIVE: Pete Hegseth holds Pentagon briefing as US hits Iran with intense strikes

Published | Video Starts at 29:48

American bases that they could face attacks, what is the Pentagon doing about that? First question is what is the objective? How do you define success as of today? Yeah, I mean we like. We define success... by reaching the military objectives... launchers, missile launchers, defense industrial base, their navy, the ability to project power... denying them to get a nuclear weapon. a nuclear weapon. And we've got internal metrics that look at that, that we represent to the president, who then can decide how long he'd like to continue in pursuit of those military objectives. (29:48–30:04)

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Asserts that success is defined by achieving specific military objectives, including denying Iran a nuclear weapon.

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