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Pete Hegseth: “We would much prefer to get a deal if Iran was willing to…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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In full: Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 25:58

… and Marco and many others yesterday, they are very real, they are ongoing, they're active and, I think, gaining strength. And we appreciate that. As I said in my remarks, We would much prefer to get a deal if Iran was willing to relinquish material they have and ambitions they have. Open the great. That's the goal. We don't want to have to do more militarily than we have to. But I didn't mean it flippantly when I said in the meantime, we'll negotiate with bombs. (25:58–26:06)

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Asserts a preference for a deal with Iran if they relinquish certain materials and ambitions.

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