Meeting comes amid tentative trade truce but Iran, Taiwan and tensions over global supply chains will be complicating factors
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Representative Betty McCollum, the top Democrat on the defense appropriations committee, asked Hegseth to provide the panel with a “plan B” should Congress not authorise continuing military operations against Iran – which was required beyond 2 May (as outlined under the War Powers Act).
“We have a plan for all of that. We have a plan to escalate if necessary we have a plan to retrograde if necessary we have a plan to shift assets,” Hegseth replied. “We wouldn’t reveal what the next step may be, considering the gravity of the mission that the President undertaking to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear bomb.”
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Author : Shrai Popat (now) and Taz Ali (earlier)
Publish date : 2026-05-12 13:08:00
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