Pete Hegseth: “The question is, do you send in the troops, do you say, hey, this isn't going to happen anymore? Or do you let Seattle…”

Standalone Article II authorities exist for us to conduct this operation on behalf of the defense of the American people.

That’s why we haven’t been trying to remake Iranian society, but simply in the realist America First way, ensure they never have a path to a nuclear bomb, full stop.

The Iranian defense industrial base is effectively gone, but they do have underground facilities because they're the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, and they've spent 47 years trying to hide their missiles under mountains, just…

We are committed in working with Congress to get $1.5 trillion. But this is not the same way we’ve funded our department in the past.