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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are monitoring the US operation in Iran from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Trump is currently located, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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