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“We Negotiate with Bombs.”

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Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gestures as he speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Bryan Clark appears on ChinaTalk to discuss Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent speech, in which he says “we negotiate with bombs,” highlighting the United States’ commitment to ensuring Iran is no longer a nuclear threat. He also explores the status of talks with Iran, who is actually talking to whom, and what each side is willing to reveal. Clark notes that if negotiations are happening, if the IRGC is not privy to the details, they will not succeed.