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Hegseth offers Gary Peters ‘ticket out to CENTCOM’ after senator rips Iran war ‘failure’

Jul 21, 2026Center Right

War Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) make a visit to U.S. Central Command to speak with troops after the outgoing senator called the Trump administration‘s war with Iran “an utter and complete failure.” The exchange unfolded during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in which Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of…

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