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Gen Dan Caine
Coverage of Gen Dan Caine in the Nexus archive.
- Pete Hegseth denies Iran war is a ‘quagmire’ as cost to US hits estimated $25bn
Pete Hegseth, US defense secretary, denied that the US-Israel war on Iran is a 'quagmire' and criticized lawmakers as a greater threat than Iran itself. He testified before the House armed services committee alongside Gen Dan Caine, requesting a $1.5tn military budget as the conflict's cost to the US reached an estimated $25bn.