Axios claim: Disagreement in Washington on the renewal of the war Barak Ravid, the Israeli correspondent of the website Axios, known for writing focused reports on Iran, claimed that the Secretary of War Pete Hagest and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio are pessimistic about reaching an agreement with Iran and support the continuation of the pressure and the military war. On the other hand, according to this report, J. Dee Vance, Trump's deputy, and Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's emissaries, want to resume negotiations. Scott Bessant, the US Treasury Secretary, also asked Trump not to rush back to war due to continued economic pressures. Axios also reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in talks with Donald Trump to launch a joint military strike against Iran immediately after Tuesday's midterm congressional elections.