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US military ‘prepared to execute’ any Trump decisions on war and peace, Hegseth says

By Reuters 18 June 2025, 6:48 pm Edit
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greets Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine as they arrive to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images/AFP)
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greets Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine as they arrive to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images/AFP)

The US military is “prepared to execute” any decision US President Donald Trump might make on matters of war and peace, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says, even as he declines to confirm preparations of strike options on Iran.

“If and when those decisions are made, the Department [of Defense] is prepared to execute them,” Hegseth tells the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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