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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he has directed “the deployment of additional capabilities” to the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region. “Protecting US forces is ...

US president has surrounded himself with ‘America First’ adherents, possibly influencing his appetite for war.

Israel’s attack on Iran was long in the making – the result of years of meticulous planning by Israel and days of high-stakes ...

Marjorie Taylor Greene rips Trump Mideast policy saying ‘Americans don’t want to bomb Iran’ for Israel - Greene says Israel’s ...

ISRAEL IS THE WILD CARD: Both the New York Times and the Washington Post are reporting that Israel appears intent on launching an attack against Iran’s military facilities, with or without U.S.

Fox News host Pete Hegseth ... to Israel’s security, and especially to the maintenance of its qualitative military edge.” It also reaffirms the U.S. “commitment never to allow Iran to ...

OPERATION RISING LION: Claiming that Iran was ... and Secretary Hegseth have prepared our forces in the region for the threat environment they face. SEN. JACK REED (D-RI): “Israel’s alarming ...

Iran doves and anti-Israel provocateurs tendentiously ... divided on issues of foreign policy, especially pertaining to Iran. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White ...

“Meanwhile three top aides known for a more realist approach to foreign policy ... Hegseth’s purging of several top staffers critical of support for an Israeli strike or direct US conflict ...

United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, a pro-Israel and Iran hawk ... master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University ...