Two days after Donald Trump declared that Tehran was nearly defeated, the US was still trying to locate one of the crew members of an F-15E who had to eject over Iran. Meanwhile, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth continued to carry out a series of dismissals, unrelated to the conflict.
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Time: 12:07 pm (Paris)
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The president was already in a quandary about how to get out of the war before the lives of two F-15 crew members were endangered.
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