What we learned about the Iran war one month in from latest Hegseth briefing

War Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to take any option off the table during a press briefing on Tuesday when it comes to the war in Iran, which began a month ago.

“We’re not going to foreclose any option you can’t fight and win a war, to tell your adversary what you are willing to do or what you are not willing to do, to include boots on the ground,” the secretary said.

The U.S. has deployed thousands of Marines, sailors, and members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the region since the war began, providing new capabilities to the military’s presence in the Middle East. There are approximately 50,000 troops currently in the region.

“Our adversary right now thinks there are 15 different ways we could come at them with boots on the ground,” Hegseth explained. “And guess what? There are. So if we needed to, we could execute those