The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon had contingency plans to take Greenland and Panama by force if necessary during a congressional hearing on Thursday.
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When repeatedly asked by representative Adam Smith if invading the two countries was a policy of the defence department, Hegseth replied: ‘Our job at the defense department is to have plans for any contingency’
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