Pete Hegseth says Iran mission is "laser-focused" and won't be "endless"

Name: Pete Hegseth says Iran mission is "laser-focused" and won't be "endless"
Uploaded: 2026-03-02T11:35:00-0600
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Description: "This is not Iraq," Hegseth said. "This is not endless. I was there for both — our generation knows better, and so does this president. He called the last 20 years of nation-building wars dumb and he's right. This is the opposite. This operation is a clear, devastating, decisive mission: Destroy the missile threat, destroy the navy, no nukes."

"This is not Iraq," Hegseth said. "This is not endless. I was there for both — our generation knows better, and so does this president. He called the last 20 years of nation-building wars dumb and he's right. This is the opposite. This operation is a clear, devastating, decisive mission: Destroy the missile threat, destroy the navy, no nukes."