Pete Hegseth: “It's simple: if Iran shoots at US ships, we will destroy (and sink) their oil tankers.”

What they do in those high seas in those austere conditions with less port calls — it's incredible.

Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody.

We make sure that every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide them at every single moment.

When a leak of department information occurs today, it's critical that we provide the Department of Justice and other partners in federal law enforcement — including the FBI — with actionable information as quickly as possible.