Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say how long U.S. military operations against Iran might last, a day after President Donald Trump indicated the conflict could be nearing its end.
During a Pentagon news conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Hegseth to provide his assessment on how far the U.S. military is into its campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury.
Hegseth replied that Trump will determine what objectives need to be achieved and what the conflict’s end state will be.
“He gets to control the throttle,” Hegseth said.
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Retired Army Lt. Col. Alan Johnson survived the Iranian ballistic missile strike on Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, in 2020, that left dozens with traumatic brain injuries that went undiagnosed for days and, in some cases, even weeks. Recently, Johnson told Congress that the majority of traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are “easily missed” in combat scenarios.
Johnson said he believes the military’s standard test for TBIs, which is essentially a checklist of symptoms that might be noticed in a doctor’s office or clinic, is not practical in austere environments.
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