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Financial Times: Hegseth's broker looked to make multimillion-dollar defense investment before war
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7:21Now PlayingThe Financial Times is reporting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's broker contacted BlackRock about making a multimillion-dollar investment into major defense companies right before the U.S. strikes on Iran. MS NOW has not independently confirmed the reporting. A spokesman for the Pentagon says the report is false. Politico White House and Foreign Affairs Correspondent Eli Stokols and former Under Secretary of State for Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel join Chris Jansing to discuss.
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