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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

‘Let’s do it’: Trump pins push for war with Iran on Pete Hegseth in latest shift

President Donald Trump appeared to try to pin the blame for the Iran conflict on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Speaking at a Monday roundtable event for national military and law enforcement leaders in Memphis, Tennessee, the president said of the circumstances leading up to the February 28 launch of Operation Epic Fury: “I called Pete, I called General [Dan] Caine, I called a lot of our great people – we have a lot of great people – and I said, ‘Let’s talk.’

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