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Top U.S. defense officials demur over likelihood of Iran using nuclear weapon against Israel
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine: ‘I think they'd use it to pressure Israel. I don't know whether they would use it’
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks alongside Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine during a hearing with the Senate Appropriations Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine declined to definitively say on Wednesday whether they believed Iran would use a nuclear weapon if it acquired one.
As they testified before the Senate Appropriations...