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Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered a by-the-numbers look Wednesday of the meals and caffeine the U.S. military has consumed during Operation Epic Fury, as a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran begins to take hold.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pete-hegseth-dan-caine-briefing-pentagon-trump-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Briefing reporters<\/a><\/span> hours after President Trump and Iran <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-2-week-ceasefire-iran-delaying-bombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the pause in fighting to continue negotiations, Caine said the U.S. military has consumed nearly 1 million gallons of coffee in the nearly six-week-long war, and an unspecified amount of nicotine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Along the way, we consumed more than 6 million meals, and by my estimate, more than 950,000 gallons of coffee, 2 million energy drinks and a lot of nicotine,&#8221; he said, adding: &#8220;But I am not saying that we have a problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That figure works out to about 7.6 million cups of coffee. 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