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Pete Hegseth: “We will not allow foreign malign influence to take over…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Secretary Hegseth FULL PRESS GAGGLE at the Jungle Operations Training Course in Panama.

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

It's not just a policy extension of Teddy Roosevelt. It is a recognition that DTOs Foreign terrorist organizations will not control our hemisphere with our partners and We will not allow foreign malign influence to take over, say, key terrain like the Panama Canal. And that brings us to Panamax, the exercise that culminates tomorrow that we're going to get a chance to look at, working with thousands of our partners here in Panama to secure key terrain. (02:56–03:01)

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Asserts that foreign malign influence will not be allowed to take over key terrains like the Panama Canal.

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