Political Quotes

Pete Hegseth

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U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration; Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host.

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Jun 14, 2026

If Iran wants this to hold, they need to – they need to pull back Hezbollah, no doubt.

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Jun 14, 2026

we did this from a position of strength, President Trump led with military might, that military might will stay as long as necessary.

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Jun 14, 2026

If Iran does not want to comply, then they can deal with the War Department again, which we'd rather not have to do.

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Jun 14, 2026

So the huge difference is we did this from a position of strength, President Trump led with military might, that military might will stay as long as necessary.

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Jun 14, 2026

we'll maintain what we need to. The blockade has been a devastating success for us and impact on the Iranians.

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Jun 14, 2026

the president's been most clear about is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, never. Full stop.

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Jun 14, 2026

Ultimately, we've worked with them, and Ukraine is buying munitions that Europe pays for, and it's great to see Europe finally step up and pay for those.

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Jun 14, 2026

Well, what- Margaret, what I would say the president's been most clear about is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, never. Full stop.

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Jun 14, 2026

We can do it the Midnight Hammer way. We can do it the Epic Fury way if we need to.

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Jun 14, 2026

We can do any of those things within 30 days in a permissive environment.

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Jun 14, 2026

Nobody makes better and more munitions than the United States of America, and we are open to co-production wherever we can.

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Jun 14, 2026

It's called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, A3C, and we're forming it with partner governments all around Central and South America to go after, defeat, and destroy foreign terrorist organizations, drug cartels.

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