Trump administration gives varying timelines on war in Iran

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President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth have given various timelines for the war against Iran, raising questions about how long they actually expect the campaign to go on.

On Monday, the president downplayed the conflict, calling it an “excursion” that U.S. forces “are very close to finishing,” while in an interview that aired a day earlier, Hegseth warned, “This is only just the beginning.”

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