Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that negotiators have made “significant progress” toward a peace agreement with Iran, but stressed the talks are not yet complete. Speaking during a four-day visit to India, Rubio said he hopes for positive developments in the coming hours. He added that the administration has already achieved a key objective: creating “a world that no longer has to be in fear or worry about an Iranian nuclear weapon.”
US military is ‘iron shield’ protecting American bases, lives from Iranian proxies: Hegseth
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said at U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2026 graduation ceremony in West Point, N.Y., that American forces have had to “deploy at a moment’s notice to the Middle East.”
He hailed America’s armed forces as an “iron shield” that protect the U.S. from harm.