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Poster | U.S. war with Iran "bad for America": former U.S. secretaries of defense

Xinhua
02 Apr 2026, 18:45 GMT+

"This war is bad for America" -- Former U.S. Secretaries of Defense Chuck Hagel and Leon E. Panetta have strongly opposed the ongoing war with Iran, warning it lacks a clear objective, a strategy to achieve the objective and an endgame to bring U.S. forces back home.

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