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BREAKING: Hegseth Melts Down Under Questions About Deadly September War Crime Strike

Trump’s embattled “War” Secretary dodges basic questions, misrepresents the IG findings, and refuses to say whether the missing video will be released.

Pete Hegseth just faced one of the most revealing moments of his tenure — and it did not go well. At the Reagan National Defense Forum, Trump’s “War” Secretary was pressed on the September 2 strike, the missing video, and a new Inspector General report showing he put U.S. troops at risk by using his personal Signal chats for sensitive planning.

What happened on that stage — the evasions, the contradictions, the religious appeals — paints a much clearer picture of why this scandal is accelerating. We’ll break it all down below.

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