Hegseth touts Arkansas missile industry in speech at arms factory expansion site

By: Tess Vrbin

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 332

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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EAST CAMDEN — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Arkansas’ munitions industry Friday during the final stop on his Arsenal of Freedom speaking tour at the L3Harris arms manufacturing campus.

Speaking before hundreds of L3Harris employees, Hegseth called the workers “patriots” and said the U.S. military “must unleash our warfighters with the lethal tools only you can build.”

“You are the proof that the promise of globalism is a lie,” Hegseth said. “Each day you prove …

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