Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the military was far from deploying troops to Gaza, casting doubt on any immediate intervention into the besieged coastal strip after President Trump suggested the U.S. take control of the territory.

Hegseth told Fox News's Laura Ingraham that any potential deployment to the region would involve detailed discussions with Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. allies and partners.

'We are a very long way from that," he said. "That’s a long conversation."

But Hegseth defended Trump's suggestion that........

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