Resurfaced clip shows Hegseth saying military should not follow illegal orders to commit war crimes

Resurfaced clip shows Pete Hegseth saying military should not follow illegal orders to commit war crimes

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00:00There are some guys at Leavenworth who made really bad choices on the battlefield.

00:05And I do think there have to be consequences for abject war crimes.

00:09If you're doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that.

00:16That's why the military said it won't follow unlawful orders from their commander-in-chief.

00:21There's a standard. There's an ethos.

00:22There's a belief that we are above what so many things that our enemies or others would do.