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Hegseth disappointed with possible negotiated ceasefire with Iran, Trump says |
President Trump said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine were "disappointed" by the prospect of a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire with Iran. |
The president said in the Oval Office, following the swearing in of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, that the Pentagon chief and Caine were "the only two people that were quite disappointed" the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran might wrap up soon. "I think this thing's going to be settled very soon and they go, 'Oh, that's too bad.' Pete didn't want it to be settled," the president said.
"They were not interested in settlement," Trump said. "They were interested in just winning this thing." The president has provided shifting signals to the potential scope and length of the Middle East conflict, which has now crossed into its fourth week. Trump has previously indicated that negotiations are happening that could halt the war, while also indicating at other times that new strikes on Iran could happen if talks falter. Trump declared victory on Tuesday, considering the U.S. military has severely degraded Iran's military and argued that regime change already took place, with many of Iran's leaders being killed by airstrikes.
"You know, I don't like to say this, we've won this, because this war has been won, the only one that likes to keep it going is the fake news," the president said while slamming the news media for its coverage of the war.
Hegseth said the Pentagon "sees ourselves as part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with bombs." Read full report at TheHill.com. |
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Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg asserted on Tuesday that deploying American ground troops may ultimately be required to seize Iran's Kharg Island and secure the Strait of Hormuz, as the struggle for control of the flow of oil escalates. Kellogg, who served as President Trump's special envoy for Ukraine until January, told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade during an appearance on "Fox & Friends" that he was a "big believer" in …
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Anthropic's signature AI model Claude is being used by the Pentagon during the U.S. military's ongoing war against Iran, a Pentagon official confirmed Tuesday during a Senate subcommittee hearing. Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten A. Davies confirmed to Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that the Pentagon is using the AI model as part of Operation Epic Fury. "The … |
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President Donald Trump says the United States is in talks with Tehran to end the war, even as both sides kept up intense barrages and Iran denied negotiations were underway. The Islamic Republic fired a dozen missile salvos at Israel on Tuesday and rocket attacks by Lebanese militants killed a woman —- the first death in Israel by fire from Lebanon during the war. Israel said it carried out an extensive series of strikes on … |
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- The Henry L. Stimson Center is hosting an event at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning on "Next Steps for US-Japan Military Shipbuilding, Repair, and Maintenance."
- The Hudson Institute will have a conversation at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on "Operation Epic Fury and the Future of Warfare."
- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a closed briefing at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning on "Update on the Russia-Ukraine War."
- The House Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a 10 a.m. hearing tomorrow morning on "Securing the Future: Arms Control and International Security for the Modern Age."
- The Hayden Center is hosting a 7 p.m. event tomorrow on "Putin's Russia Today: What Comes Next."
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