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Pete Hegseth flubs words of U.S. motto — asks soldiers to "help me out" (video)

Carla Sinclair
Feb 12, 2025
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Image: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth / C-SPAN

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might have a Harvard degree (that he doesn't want you to know about), but that didn't stop him from mangling e pluribus unum — the original national motto that appears on the Great Seal of the United States. Fortunately, the seasoned U.S. troops were on hand to help him out.

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