Pete Hegseth

What I'm saying is before the commencement of the conflict, we put in maximum defensive posture.

We could.

That's a direct confirmation of what they said.

In this directing, can I speak or are you just going to monologue falsehoods all over the place?

It's not a falsehood.

We moved 7,500 troops off of the X based on the intel.

Stop.

Based on the intel.

Stop.

Reclaiming my time.

Because you yell doesn't make you right.

Just because you yell doesn't make you right.

I'm reclaiming my time on behalf of these survivors.

You just said what they said is a falsehood.

There's a much larger picture.

There's a much larger picture at play here that included integrated air defenses, bunkers, moving people off the X to ensure that they were not part of the target.

We moved those troops and all across the theater, thousands of troops off the X, off of their bases because we knew what Iran was going to try to strike.

We knew there was a tragic moment.

There could be a tragic moment where something could get through.

Of course, that's the consequence of conflict.