00:00All right, let's quickly get into the latest news break that is coming in.
00:03The U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegsert, has broken silence and pushed back against an impeachment threat.
00:10Pointing to 250 years of American history and military operations under presidents from both parties,
00:16Pete Hegsert says no Secretary of War or Secretary of Defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military
00:23operations.
00:24He cites Reagan in Lebanon, Clinton in Kosovo, Obama in Iraq and Syria,
00:30and Biden's operation in the same region.
00:33All right, so that's the latest news break that is coming in.
00:37Let's quickly dip into that reaction.
00:42In the 250 years of our American republic, no Secretary of War or Secretary of Defense
00:50has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations.
00:55And in our case, successful ones at that.
01:00Not once.
01:02War powers resolution or not.
01:04Not under Reagan in Lebanon.
01:06Not under Clinton in Kosovo.
01:08Not under Obama in Iraq and Syria.
01:10Not under Biden in Iraq and Syria.
01:14That's the standard.
01:15The history is clear and it's very straightforward.
01:20The U.S. Secretary of War's reaction onto an impeachment threat, especially after the midterm elections.
