Hegseth Visits Guantanamo and Warns Cuba Against Seeking Weapons

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Cuba not to acquire armaments that could put the US military, or the US mainland, at risk.

Hegseth, speaking to troops Wednesday at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, in eastern Cuba, urged the island’s communist leadership to be cautious.

“It would be unwise for the government of Cuba to try to procure or get access to the types of weapons that could reach this base or the American homeland,” he said. “They would be inviting the kind of confrontation not only do they not want but they could not stand.”

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