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Compliance of the Caribbean: Hegseth Defends Strikes

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defends a pair of deadly strikes, while distancing himself from a key decision. A former Honduran leader is pardoned by President Trump, 40 years before his drug trafficking sentence is up. And ICE prepares for a crackdown on Somali immigrants in Minnesota.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1

It's Wednesday, December 3rd. Was it the fog of war or a crystal clear directive? We start here.

0:39.0

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth distances himself from a deadly decision.

0:43.5

You can't see anything. You got digital. This is called the fog of war.

0:46.8

We'll take you inside the cabinet meeting where President Trump stood by his side.

0:50.7

Meanwhile, a convicted drug trafficker gets a Trump pardon.

0:54.0

The U.S. prosecutors called it an almost unfathomable amount of cocaine.

0:58.3

Why the White House is wading into Honduran politics, and ICE is heading north.

1:03.5

This is one of largest Somali communities in the entire country.

1:07.5

Why Homeland Security officials say they're about to target Somalis in Minnesota.

1:13.7

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milkey.

1:21.3

Yesterday, President Trump held a cabinet meeting and invited cameras into the room.

1:30.3

This is never an accident, right? You want the nation to see who you're listening to,

1:34.3

who you've got faith in. And sitting right next to President Trump was his defense secretary,

1:39.3

Pete Hegseth.

1:40.3

We're going to go around the room and we'll start with Pete and you'll tell us about some of the achievements.

1:46.4

For days now, the White House has been pressed for details about a military strike against a boat suspected of smuggling drugs out of Venezuela.

1:54.1

We know what happened. We know there were no survivors.

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