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Pete Hegseth: “We moved 7,500 troops.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 08:39

We could. That's a direct conflict. We moved 70 in this directing. Can I speak or you just got a monologue? Falsehoods all over the place. It's not a false. We moved 7,500 troops. Reclaiming my time on the intel. Stop. Based on the intel. Reclaiming my time because you yell doesn't make you right. Just because you yell doesn't make you right. (08:39–08:42)

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Asserts that 7,500 troops were relocated.

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