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Pete Hegseth: “The Department has spent over TWO DECADES defending other homelands. Now, we’re defending our own. These…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2025
The Department has spent over TWO DECADES defending other homelands. Now, we’re defending our own. These narco-terrorists have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda, and they will be treated the same. We will track them, we will network them, and then, we will hunt and kill them.
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Pete Hegseth
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cnn.com
Nov 18, 2025

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Hegseth discusses the military's focus on combating narco-terrorism in a social media post.

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