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Amid the U.S. military updates on the conflict in Iran something unexpected keeps cropping up: Religion. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a conservative Christian evangelical, has invoked religion throughout the crisis even implying God anointed the U.S. mission.

Experts say this kind of language risks turning a geopolitical conflict into something far more dangerous. Toni Waterman explains from Washington.

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