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Pete Hegseth: “We won World War I and we won World War II. Not with the…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Secretary issues DEADLY WARNING after cartel strike

Published | Video Starts at 06:32

What is the timeline on that? I've said stand by on it. And that's what I'll say again, because that's ultimately the President's call. But I'll say this. You know, We won World War I and we won World War II. Not with the Department of Defense, but with a war Department with the Department of War. As the President has said, we're not just defense, we're offense. We're reestablishing at the department the warrior ethos. We want warriors, folks, that understand how to exact lethality on the enemy. (06:32–06:39)

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Asserts that World Wars I and II were won with a Department of War, not Defense.

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