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Hegseth can't rule out boots on the ground
Irish Daily Star
|March 03, 2026
US DEFENCE Secretary Pete Hegseth has insisted America "didn't start this war but under President Trump we are finishing it" as he left the door open for US soldiers to be placed on the ground in Iran.
DEFIANT Pete Hegseth at Pentagon briefing
Speaking at a press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, yesterday he claimed Tehran had been building up its arsenal to shield its nuclear ambitions.
He described Iran as constructing "powerful missiles to create a conventional shield for their nuclear blackmail ambitions" and vowed to crush the Islamic regime.
This story is from the March 03, 2026 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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