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Hegseth Lays Into Media over ‘Preliminary’ Iran Damage Assessment
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine detailed U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites at a June 27 Pentagon press conference in Arlington, Va.
- The strikes targeted Iran's Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities following recent hostilities and were met with Iranian missile retaliation near a U.S. base in Qatar.
- Hegseth rebuked media reports based on preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency assessments that suggested only limited damage, while Caine confirmed that the massive ordnance penetrators hit their targets as planned.
- Hegseth asserted, quoting the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, that the airstrike destroyed the Fordo site and called the operation ‘historically successful’ despite some uranium stockpiles remaining intact.
- The event underscored tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, highlighted U.S. military capabilities, and prompted reduced intelligence sharing with Congress due to leaks of initial damage reports.
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