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Pete Hegseth: ““He’s gonna get a firing squad of soldiers,” Hegseth said during a Thursday interview with conservative commentator Jack…”

On the recordOctober 8, 2026
“He’s gonna get a firing squad of soldiers,” Hegseth said during a Thursday interview with conservative commentator Jack Posobiec aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. “As it should be. We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it’s public. Because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things.”
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Pete Hegseth

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Discussing the execution of Nidal Hasan.

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