{
  "id": 15603447,
  "title": "Pete Hegseth Saying 5 Countries Fought in Afghanistan Criticized by Veterans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pete-hegseth-saying-5-countries-fought-in-afghanistan-criticized-by",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-19T11:30:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-saying-5-countries-fought-in-afghanistan-criticized-by-veterans-12586801"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. invoked NATO's Article 5 mutual defense clause shortly after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, preceding the Afghanistan war.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}