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Pentagon’s Hegseth defends Iran war against Congress, says not a quagmire

by | Apr 29, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the Iran war, amid a ceasefire between the US and Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, April 24, 2026.  (photo credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)
“Don’t say: ‘I support the troops’ on one hand, and then a two-month mission is a quagmire,” Hegseth told the congressman during his address.