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Defense Diplomacy Meets an Already Crowded Calendar
· New York time
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel just over a week before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's election, as President Trump floated restarting the Iran war. The trip places a senior U.S. official amid overlapping security and political developments. The visit's timing gives it significance without establishing an electoral purpose. The defense secretary's presence and Trump's comments put American security decisions alongside Israel's approaching vote. Diplomatic scheduling rarely offers the luxury of an empty week. This one appears to have accepted every calendar invitation, including the entries marked urgent and the ones everyone hoped would remain tentative.
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