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Trump hits pause on Iran war, amid reports of depleted US munitions

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The article opens under a section header reading "WALTZ: 'PEOPLE LEAKING ... DESERVE TO BE IN JAIL.'" and reports that outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NBC, CBS, CNN, and the New York Post say the U.S. faces "a dwindling supply of munitions" after nearly two weeks of daily attacks on Iran -- claims the president and Pentagon dispute. [Waltz, reported by Examiner] The U.S. military "has everything that it needs" and leakers of "this nonsense deserve to be in jail." [Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, reported] flagged "declining inventories of air defense interceptors." [CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper, via Axios, reported] recommended stopping the bombing campaign because it had "reached the limit of its effectiveness" and targets were "mostly exhausted." [Trump, statement to Wall Street Journal, reported] the U.S. has "far more munitions than anyone in the world, and far more than we need."