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Pete Hegseth: “We hope South Korea would step up, just like we hope Japan…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 1:08:55

And the Maritime Coordination Forces are in touch. And I think targeting like that is a reflection of the indiscriminate nature of what Iran is doing. We hope South Korea would step up, just like we hope Japan would step up, just like we hope Australia would step up, just like we hope Europe steps up. But we're not waiting for them to do so. We're looking to set the conditions to hand to them. But the president was clear in his truth message that, hey, this is your ship. (1:08:55–1:09:03)

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Asserts hope that South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Europe will join efforts.

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