VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-12
“It hadn’t been since World War II since we’ve done that,”
Pete Hegseth · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12
Hegseth noted that the US had not carried out a military firing squad execution since World War II.
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