Rand Paul: Either Pete Hegseth Is ‘Lying or Incompetent’ in Handling Second Strike Issue

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PAUL: "In this sense, it looks to me like they’re trying to pin the blame on somebody else and not them. There’s a very distinct statement was said on Sunday. Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen, it was fake news, it didn’t happen. And then the next day, from the podium at the White House, they’re saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he’s incompetent and didn’t know it had happened. Do we think there's any chance that on Sunday, the secretary of defense did not know there had been a second strike?"