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    LIVE | 'Maximum force…': Hegseth reveals 'options' for Trump amid intensifying Iran-Israel conflict

    US: Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Senate hearing on Wednesday that "we'll see" if the Trump administration will follow the Supreme Court's decision on military deployment in U.S. cities. Hegseth was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the Pentagon's budget request on Wednesday, when he was asked by Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono, "If a court says this deployment of troops in cities is not legal, would you follow that?" "I don't believe district courts should be determining national security policy," Hegseth responded. "When it goes to the Supreme Court, we'll see."
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