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Pete Hegseth: “We have plenty of what we need.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 35:58

We're well aware of all those dynamics. I think first of all, the munitions issue issue has been foolishly and unhelpfully overstated. We're. We know exactly what we have. We have plenty of what we need. And the reason we're accelerating a lot of this is because the department's been static in how it does this kind of business, not to mention the amount that was given to Ukraine for years and years. (35:58–36:00)

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Asserts that there is an adequate supply of necessary munitions.

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