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Pete Hegseth: “We would be asleep at the wheel if we were not fully a party…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Pete Hegseth Addresses National Security and Agroterrorism Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 01:33

It's common sense. And so food security, just like energy resilience, just like where we get our water, that's all national security, especially in a contingency. So We would be asleep at the wheel if we were not fully a party to an effort like this to ensure that our nation had the food supply it needs. but specifically, our troops have what they need on our basis so that in those moments, you can rely on us here in the United States to provide that security. (01:33–01:42)

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Asserts the necessity of being involved in efforts to secure the nation's food supply.

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