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Secretary Hegseth Speaks at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon, Sep. 19, 2025

September 19, 2025 · Department of War · 0:39:56

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What happened

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon on September 19, 2025, published live by the Department of War (uploaded September 20, 2025).

Why it matters

POW/MIA Recognition Day is the department’s annual accounting ceremony for prisoners of war and the missing — the Secretary’s address there is the department’s stated commitment to the accounting mission, on the record.

Sources: U.S. Department of War, “LIVE: SecWar Hegseth Speaks at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon,” uploaded September 20, 2025 (official upload, embedded above; the department’s description dates the ceremony September 19, 2025). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.