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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the United States has had a decisive military victory over Iran and that Tehran's missile program has been functionally destroyed.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to reporters a day after President Donald Trump pulled back from the brink of a threatened full-on assault on Iran on Tuesday night, two hours before a deadline he had set for Tehran to open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.Caine said US military objectives in Iran have been met but the ceasefire is a pause and forces remain ready to resume combat.Read more:Iran ceasefire ‘fragile,’ Trump ‘impatient to make progress’: Vance
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