On the recordDecember 10, 2025
We didn’t change our protocol. It was just a different circumstance.
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Pete Hegseth
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nytimes.comWe didn’t change our protocol. It was just a different circumstance.
Hegseth comments on the military's handling of survivors after an attack.
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