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"War Secretary Pete Hegseth had an unfortunate slip as he spoke of visiting US troops at the weekend who were engaged in 'Operation Epic Fury' in Iran - but refused to reveal where he went too - as he gave the latest Pentagon briefing on Tuesday. "We were in the ground, or on the ground, excuse me, in CENTCOM on Saturday for about half the day. For reasons of operational security, so those troops are not targeted, the places and bases will not be named. Suffice it to say the trip was an honour," he said. The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28. Tehran responded with strikes on Israel and US assets in the region, with the conflict now into its fifth week. Iran has reported over 1,900 deaths since the start of the war. The US has confirmed at least 13 military service personnel killed with around two dozen fatalities admitted by the Israeli side. "
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