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Pete Hegseth: “We went to Vietnam. Got a chance. 30 years of relations with…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:54

In Malaysia we had the ASEAN Conference where you meet with country after country after country after country. Every single country to include China and Russia, you name it. And then we went. Where do we go next? We went to Vietnam. Got a chance. 30 years of relations with Vietnam. And then of course, here, it's a lot. You travel a lot, different time zones, you know, all that away from your family, away from your job, you're working, stuff's going on there. (01:54–02:01)

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Asserts that the U.S. has had 30 years of relations with Vietnam.

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