Pete Hegseth, Japan's Defence Minister Train Alongside U.S. Soldiers | Vantage with Palki Sharma

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi had an early morning exercise session at a Virginia army base on Thursday (January 15). Hegseth and Shinjiro Koizumi were seen pushing and pulling weights, doing push-ups and rowing along with troops at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington.

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