Hegsetth, 1st day in Pentagon, says the job of defense is an American “sovereign territory”

Defense Secretary of Pete Hegsetth arrived on his first day to Pentagon on Monday with a message about Ministry of Defense (Dod’s) mission.

Greeted the president of the joint heads of General Charles Q. Brown Jr. And the crowds of journalists, Hegsetth said that “it is an honor to serve on behalf of the President and serve on behalf of the country,” adding “, the warriors are ready to go.”

Hegsetth quickly turned to the border crisis, acknowledging that President Donald Trump “hit the ground” with executive orders that declared emergency on the southern border and marking cartels in foreign terrorist organizations. Hegsetth said that Dod “crackled” last week in salivation more torso to help raise obstacles along the southern border, as well as “securing mass deportations,” adding: “This is something that the Ministry of Defense will continue to work.”

“It’s clear to him. It’s urgent on the border,” Hegsetth said. “The protection of the sovereign territory of the United States is the job of the Ministry of Defense.”

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Last week, the Ministry of Defense announced 1,500 members of the active service and “additional air and intelligence assets” be sent to the southern border “Increase troops that already perform executive operations in that region.”

When Askad If More Troops Wout Be Deployed To The Border Now That He is Taking The Helm, Hegsetth Said, “Whatever is Needed at the Border Will Be Provide. diverting. ”

“This is a shift. That’s not the way things have been done in the past,” Hegsetth said. “The Ministry of Defense will support the defense of the territorial integrity of the United States on the southern border to include reserve, the National Guard and the active duty in accordance with the Constitution, the laws of our country and the directives of the general commander.”

Hegsetth, a combat veteran who spread to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan, said he predicted several executive orders from the White House later on Monday. They would include commands for removal of diversity, equality and involvement inside the pentagon, restoring the trunk that were “thrown out” through the mandate of the Covid-19-19 vaccine vaccine and the implementation of the “Iron Dome for America”, Hegsetth told reporters, promising to comply Trump’s “Fast and Fast” directives.

“Every moment I think here about guys and girls in Guam, Germany, Fort Benning, in Fort Bragg, at the sites of rocket defense and aircraft carriers,” Hegsetth said. “Our job is deadly and willingness and war.”

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“We consider people responsible. I know the president agrees with this,” Hegsetth continued, who has hosted Fox News lately before Trump has appointed him to run the Ministry of Defense. “The legal orders of the President of the United States will be carried out in this defense department quickly and without pronunciation. We will not be a better friend to our allies and there is no stronger opponent for those who want to test and try us.”

When asked about the bracelets he was carrying, Hegsetth said he wore it every day to remember Jorge Oliveir, a soldier he served at the Guantánamo Bay when he was the leader of the water. Oliveira was later killed in Afghanistan, while Hegsetth was there in a separate unit.

“These guys do that. Those who gave the final sacrifice,” Hegsetth said.

The secretary also asked about the help of the Afghans who worked with the US government. Last week, Trump issued an executive order in which he requested all US help in external development 90 days while an estimate was whether the funds were aligned with the foreign policy of his administration. Reuters reported that flights for about 40,000 Afghanists who were approved for special visas after withdrawing former President Joe Biden have been suspended As a result.

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“We will make sure that there is a responsibility for what happened in Afghanistan and we stand by our allies,” Hegsetth said.