U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revealed that the U.S. military operations against Iran are expected to conclude in a matter of “weeks, not months,” and that the U.S. is confident in achieving its objectives without deploying ground troops.

After meeting with G7 counterparts in France, Rubio told reporters on Friday: “We are on or ahead of schedule on that operation and expect to conclude it at the appropriate time here in a matter of weeks, not months, and the progress is going very well.”

“We can achieve all of our objectives without ground troops,” Rubio said. Troop deployments, he added, are meant to give the president “maximum optionality” should contingencies emerge.

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