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Hegseth says Tuesday will be ‘most intense day’ of strikes inside Iran

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday morning that “today will be, yet again, our most intense day of strikes” against Iran. “The most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes. Intelligence more refined and better than ever. So that’s on one hand,” Hegseth said during a press briefing at the Pentagon. “On the other hand,…

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