Pete Hegseth

The president has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon.

The War Department agrees.

Our job is to ensure that.

And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle as long as it's hard, as it's necessary to ensure the interests of the United States of America are achieved on that battlefield.

Just to put a fine point on this, though, is the president in the process of winding down this war or escalating the conflict?

pain that we've conducted, that Israel's conducted alongside us, was one for the history books, truly.

And it's because we have a president of the United States that when he sends his war fighters out to fight, he unties their hands to actually go out and close with and destroy the enemy as viciously as possible from moment one.

And that's why we see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well.

We negotiate with bombs.

You have a choice, as we loiter over the top of Tehran, as the president talked about, about your future.

The president has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon.

The War Department agrees.

Our job is to ensure that.

And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle as long as it's hard, as it's necessary, to ensure the interests of the United States of America are achieved on that battlefield.

Should those service members want to return to active duty, the deadline has now been extended by a year to April 1, 2027.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Our obligations to make things right are not yet complete.

Although thousands were discharged, only hundreds have returned to the military.

Hegseth is hoping those numbers increase, and he provided some further incentive for potential reconsideration.

The active service obligation for individuals returning to service under this guidance