U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a fiery message as the war with Iran intensifies, warning that the coming phase of the campaign could be the most intense day of strikes yet. In a series of strong statements, Hegseth accused Iran’s leadership of waging a “47-year war against America” through attacks on U.S. forces and allies, vowing that the United States will respond with overwhelming force.
Speaking about the ongoing operations, Hegseth said the conflict “hits home” for the current generation of Americans, emphasizing that U.S. troops understand the stakes of the fight. He also reiterated that if Americans are threatened anywhere in the world, the U.S. military will pursue those responsible “without hesitation.”
The remarks come as the U.S. and Israel continue a large-scale military campaign targeting Iran’s missile systems, naval assets, and military infrastructure, part of a broader effort to weaken Tehran’s military capabilities
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Speaking about the ongoing operations, Hegseth said the conflict “hits home” for the current generation of Americans, emphasizing that U.S. troops understand the stakes of the fight. He also reiterated that if Americans are threatened anywhere in the world, the U.S. military will pursue those responsible “without hesitation.”
The remarks come as the U.S. and Israel continue a large-scale military campaign targeting Iran’s missile systems, naval assets, and military infrastructure, part of a broader effort to weaken Tehran’s military capabilities
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00:00trained counterinsurgents in Kabul, Afghanistan, and who still carries the weight of brothers lost
00:06to Iranian terrorist proxies, many backed by the same Iranian regime we're confronting now.
00:12This fight, Operation Epic Fury, it hits home. Our generation understands this fight.
00:21For 47 years, these barbaric savages in the Iranian regime have murdered our brothers in arms,
00:28my guys, your guys, our guys. Through their terrorist proxies and cowardly attacks,
00:36now they race toward a nuclear bomb to hold the world hostage. The Iranians have targeted and killed
00:46thousands of my American brothers. That race to a nuclear bomb, President Trump will never allow it.
00:54Not now, not ever, not on our watch. The mullahs are desperate and scrambling. Like the
01:05terrorist cowards they are, they fire missiles from schools and hospitals, deliberately targeting
01:12innocents because they know their military is being systematically degraded and annihilated.
01:19Iran's neighbors, and in some cases, former allies in the Gulf, they've abandoned them.
01:26And their proxies, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Hamas, either broken, ineffective, or on the
01:35sidelines. Iran stands alone, and they are badly losing. On day 10 of Operation Epic Fury, we are
01:45winning, with an overwhelming and unrelenting focus on our objectives, which are the same
01:52as the day I gave my first briefing here on Operation Epic Fury. They're straightforward,
01:57and we are executing them with ruthless precision. One, destroy their missile stockpiles, their missile
02:06launchers, and their defense industrial base, missiles, and their ability to make them. Two, destroy their Navy.
02:16And three, permanently deny Iran nuclear weapons forever. It's a laser-focused maximum authority mission
02:26delivered with overwhelming and unrelenting precision. No hesitation, no half measures.
02:34As President Trump declared yesterday, we're crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill
02:41and military force. We will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated. But we do so.
02:50We do so on our timeline and at our choosing. For example, today will be, yet again, our most intense
03:00day of strikes inside Iran. The most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes. Intelligence more refined
03:09and better than ever. So that's on one hand. On the other hand, the last 24 hours have seen Iran
03:15fire
03:16the lowest number of missiles they've been capable of firing yet. Just the bifurcation, just the trend
03:24lines that we talked about on our first briefing. You see, this is not 2003. This is not endless nation
03:33building under those types of quagmires we saw under Bush or Obama. It's not even close. Our generation of
03:41soldier will not let that happen again. And nor will this president who very clearly ran against those
03:48kinds of never ending nebulously scoped missions. Those days are dead. Instead, we're winning decisively
03:58with brutal efficiency, total air dominance, and an unbreakable will to accomplish the president's
04:04objectives on our timeline. We stay locked on the target because here at the Department of War,
04:12that's our job. Now, the chairman and I, having just returned from Dover last night, our troops and
04:19their families and the enormous sacrifice that they make is certainly heavy on my mind. So I'll close
04:27with scripture drawing strength from Psalm 144. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war
04:36and my fingers for battle. He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield
04:45in whom I take refuge. May the Lord grant unyielding strength and refuge to our warriors, unbreakable
04:55protection to them and our homeland, and total victory over those who seek to harm them. And
05:03amen. God bless our troops and this mission. Mr. Chairman, over to you. Thank you, Mr. Secretary,
05:09and good morning, everyone. And thank you for being here. I'm here today to continue the updates to the
05:14American people and to those in the room on Operation Epic Fury. First, let me start with honoring our
05:20fallen. As the secretary said on Saturday and again last night at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, our
05:26nation's leaders honored our returning fallen as they arrived home for their final time. Last week, I shared a few
05:35of the
05:35names and today I want to share the rest. Major Jeffrey O'Brien and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzon
05:43were the
05:43final two fallen to return home and members of the U.S. Army Reserve's 103rd Sustainment Command out of
05:51Des Moines, Iowa. Last night, as the news has been reporting, we honored the return of Staff Sergeant
05:58Benjamin Pennington of the U.S. Army's 1st Space Brigade from Fort Carson, Colorado. When I met Ben's
06:06family last night, his mom, his dad, and his sister, they showed me a picture, a drawing that Ben had
06:14made
06:14when he was in kindergarten. It was clear all the way back then that Ben wanted to do one thing
06:21in his
06:21life and he wanted to serve his country and be a soldier. And to the Penningtons, just know how Ben
06:27was
06:28absolutely a great one. And finally, Major Sorfleet Davias, who returned home this weekend after sadly
06:36passing away from a medical condition while on duty in Kuwait, we welcome him home as well and mourn with
06:44his family. To the families and the families of all of our fallen, we share in your profound grief. The
06:51Joint Force remains eternally grateful for your sacrifice and the gift of a great example that
06:59your service members have given all of us. I want you to know that their names will never be forgotten
07:05and you and your family are part of our Joint Force family forever. Let me talk a little bit about
07:11the
07:12progress thus far, acknowledging that Admiral Cooper will likely continue to give updates from CENTCOM.
07:17As the Secretary said, we're in the 10th, moving into the 11th day of Operation Epic Fury. The Joint
07:23Force remains focused on three military objectives. Continue to destroy Iranian ballistic missiles and
07:30drone capability in order to prevent attacks on the U.S. and others throughout the region. And this
07:36means attacking launch sites, command and control nodes, stockpiles before they can threaten our
07:42personnel, our facilities and our partners. Second, we continue to strike the Iranian Navy
07:48and their capabilities in order to do things like sustain movement through the Straits of Hormuz.
07:54And third, we continue to start working on and going deeper into Iran's military and industrial base in
08:01order to prevent the regime from being able to attack Americans, our interests and our partners for years
08:09to come and project power outside their borders. This means servicing production facilities, research and
08:15development sites and infrastructure. Let me let me turn to the map. We're going to try digital today
08:22to prevent laser injury. Since our last update, CENTCOM continues to make progress across the southern
08:29flank. To date, they've struck more than 5,000 targets. U.S. Strategic Command bombers recently dropped
08:38dozens of 2,000-pound GPS penetrating weapons on deeply buried missile launchers across the southern
08:46flank. We also have struck several one-way drone factories to get at the heart of their autonomous
08:52capability. And of course, alongside our regional partners along the southern flank,
08:58continue to execute intercepts against one-way attack drones using fighters and attack helicopters.
09:07Our strikes mean we've made significant progress in reducing the number of missile and drone attacks
09:13out of Iran. Ballistic missile attacks continue to trend downward 90 percent from where they've started,
09:20and one-way attack drones have decreased 83 percent since the beginning of the operation.
09:26A testament to our air defenders and our air defense systems. And as I said, our partners
09:32in the region continue to do great work as well.
09:36Second, we're making substantial progress towards destroying the Navy. In the first 10 days of the
09:42conflict, we're more than 50 Iranian naval ships into the campaign using a combination of artillery,
09:49fighters, bombers, and sea launch missiles. As Admiral Cooper noted last Thursday, we struck and sank an Iranian drone
09:58carrier ship, and U.S. CENTCOM continues today to hunt and strike mine-laying vessels and mine storage
10:04facilities. This work will continue. Third, against our objectives, we've begun to target Iran's military and industrial complex,
10:13again focusing on centers of gravity to get upstream of the shooters out in the field in order to deny
10:21them the ability to continue to generate those one-way attack drones. Let me spend a minute talking about the
10:28joint force. Across the area of responsibility, this is gritty and tireless work, and I cannot begin to explain how
10:37incredibly proud I am of the extraordinary courage, tenacity, and grit, and professionalism within the
10:44joint force. Last time, I had a chance to talk about the Army's incredible logisticians who are out there
10:51sustaining the fight. Today, I want to highlight a few groups of sailors. First, I want to thank the men
10:58and
10:58women of the Ford Carrier Strike Group and their families, and let all of them know how grateful I am
11:04for
11:04their leadership and service. The crews on board this strike group have already been endured months at sea,
11:11only to get their deployment extended. These exceptional Americans, rogered up, all supported
11:17by their families, continue to stand the watch, taking the fight to the enemy over and over again,
11:23night after night. Aboard ships like the USS Ford and the Abraham Lincoln are a special group of sailors I
11:32want to highlight today. These are the men and women, the sailors up on the roof, running operations on
11:38the flight deck. With an average age of the early 20s, these are the unsung heroes of naval aviation.
11:45These young sailors, known for wearing yellow shirts, are in charge of the catapults, taxiing jets around on
11:52the flight deck, shooting jets off the front end, and recovering jets off the back end. They are literally
11:59involved with every single movement on the roof on an aircraft carrier. They are the last ones that a
12:06naval aviator sees before getting shot off the front end, and the first one that a naval aviator sees
12:12after safely trapping on the back end. And just for a minute, imagine you're standing on that aircraft
12:18carrier flight deck. There's 30 knots of wind in your face. The deck is slippery, covered in grease,
12:25it's noisy, there are propellers spinning, there's jet blasts everywhere, the helicopters are running,
12:31your head is on a swivel, and you're trying to direct a multi-million dollar fighter into a one-foot
12:38square box
12:39so that those naval aviators can be shot off into the black of night to go do America's work.
12:45Those jets are fully loaded with missiles and bombs, and they are a world-class team combined with the naval
12:52aviation.
12:53And the aviators in those jets. This beautiful symphony of American spirit is the definition
13:00of perfectly organized chaos. And these crews do it every single time the carrier is at work. Oh, by the
13:10way, in the middle of the night, and oftentimes in the pouring rain. These are dedicated young people
13:17who take the road less traveled to serve their great nation, doing the deeds that we need them to do.
13:24America's enlisted force is the pride of every nation's military, certainly ours, and the envy of
13:30every other one as well. Each and every one of them out there across the joint force are extraordinary.
13:36And in particular today, I want to highlight the yellow shirts.
13:40Ladies and gentlemen, our work continues. It'll continue to be difficult. I ask every American
13:46to keep our deployed force and their families in our thoughts. Combat deployments can be tough on the
13:52force and the families, and it's important that we continue to remember that. I remain deeply humbled
13:57by the 2.8 million members of the joint force, and I'll end where I started, and that's remembering
14:03our fallen and their families whose sacrifice will be felt forever. And with that, I'll take some
14:08questions with the Secretary. A beautiful symphony of American spirit. Well said, Mr. Chairman.
14:14Thanks, sir. And I will just note that no other country in the world is capable of executing
14:20what the Chairman just described, day after day, night after night, unrelenting. Well said. Thank you.
14:26Yes, sir. Alexandra Ingersoll, One America News. You talked, Mr. Secretary, you talked at the
14:35conference in Florida on Thursday that there was a 90 percent missile capabilities degradation and 83
14:41percent drone degradation, and I know the Chairman just repeated those numbers. We've seen the most
14:46amount of fighting these past five days. Is there any update to those percentages? And also,
14:52are you able to give any quantification of degradation to the enemy's nuclear capabilities yet?
15:02What those numbers represent is a persistent low ability to respond, which is what we're looking for,
15:09right? It's if the enemy can simply wait and then project power, that's problematic. And we've seen some
15:15spurts here and there, but ultimately the trend lines, if you look at the charts that we look at every
15:19day,
15:19have gone like this down to a flat. It doesn't mean they won't be able to project. It doesn't mean
15:25they, you know, our air defenders still don't have to defend. They do. But that is strong evidence
15:30of degradation along with the battle damage assessment that the Joint Staff does, which
15:35takes time. You've got to look at imagery and recognize whether something's been simply degraded
15:39or it's been destroyed or whether an underground facility has been collapsed or completely obliterated.
15:45So there's differences in how you evaluate that. But the numbers staying that low is a demonstration
15:50of the efficacy for sure. Yeah. Thanks, Mr. Secretary. There's been reports that the new leader
15:57of Iran has been wounded. Do you know if this is true and what his condition is? And then another
16:01one,
16:02President Trump said he had a really good call with President Putin yesterday.
16:05Will Russia be aiding us in this conflict? And can you share anything on that?
16:08Well, the President, as I've said before, maintains strong relationships with world leaders,
16:14which creates opportunities and options for us in very dynamic ways. So the President said it was a
16:19good call. I was not on it. But those that were said it was a strong call reaffirming hopefully the
16:25opportunity for some peace in Russia, Ukraine, and also a recognition that as it pertains to this
16:31conflict, they should not be involved. The first question was on the new leader of Iran. There's
16:38reports that he's been wounded. Oh, the new leader of Iran. He would be wise to heed the words of
16:44our
16:44President, which is to not pursue nuclear weapons and come out and state as such. As far as his status,
16:50that's not something I can comment on right now. Yeah, right here. Great. Mr. Secretary, Eric Schmidt with
16:56the New York Times, a question for you first. Last week, you talked about this being the beginnings of
17:02an air campaign that could last three to eight weeks. Can you give us your assessment on where
17:06we are now? And Mr. Chairman, in any conflict, the enemy or the adversary adapts to the tactics
17:13it faces. Can you talk about the most challenging adaptation the Iranian military has made to the
17:18U.S. military? What challenges are you facing most right now? Thank you. I appreciate the question.
17:24Where we are is in a very strong place, giving the President of the United States maximum options.
17:30And from the beginning, from this podium, we haven't stated how long it will take. Our will is endless.
17:35Ultimately, the President gets to determine the end state of those objectives, right? But what he's
17:41said continually, and I want the American people to understand, is this is not endless. It's not
17:47protracted. We're not allowing mission creep. The President has set a very specific mission to
17:52accomplish. And our job is to unrelentingly deliver that. Now, he gets to control the throttle.
17:58He's the one deciding. He's the one elected on behalf of the American people when we're achieving
18:02those particular objectives. And so it's not for me to posit whether it's the beginning, the middle,
18:07or the end. That's his. And he'll continue to communicate that. What we what we serve him as
18:12is give him updates on a daily basis of exactly where we are, so he can make that determination on
18:17the throttle. Mr. Chairman. Thank you for the question on adaptation. As you're right,
18:22no plan survives first contact with the enemy or Murphy. They're adapting, as are we. Of course,
18:28we have very entrepreneurial warfighters out there. I'd rather not, for operational security reasons,
18:33tell them what's working. So I'll I'm not a not answer that question based on that. But we are watching
18:40what they're doing. And we are adapting faster than they are. Are they more formidable than you
18:45anticipated, General? I mean, I think they're fighting and I respect that. But I don't think
18:50they're more formidable than what we thought. Secretary, thank you. Jordan Conrath from the Gateway Pundit.
18:57Axios reported citing U.S. and Israeli sources that the U.S. was not happy with strikes on 30 fuel
19:04depots in Iran. While this is anonymous sourcing, you know, it seems kind of congruent with what
19:11President Trump said yesterday, that there's certain spots they don't want to want to hit
19:15relating to energy infrastructure that would take a long time to rebuild. And, you know,
19:21whether this reporting is true or not, what's your message to Americans, those who supported the
19:26President and those who aren't really in favor of this war and who worry that Israel might be
19:32taking advantage of the U.S.'s backing. And then for Mr. Chairman, for you, I wanted to ask,
19:40when you say that we're moving inland, what capabilities does Iran have to shoot down
19:45jets over their land? And would that trigger some kind of rescue operation that could risk
19:51a bigger ground operation? Well, I would just state by saying Israel has been a really strong
19:57partner in this effort. Where they have different objectives, they've pursued them. Ultimately,
20:03we've stayed focused on ours. But what Iran has felt is the power of the world's two most powerful
20:08air forces. In that particular case, those weren't our strikes or that objective,
20:14or that wasn't necessarily our objective. But the President has made it clear to those concerns
20:20that we're not getting pulled in any direction. We're leading. The President is leading. He's
20:25determining where we want to go, what the outcome will be, what the end state is, with a very keen
20:30eye. And I understand those concerns, because I've heard from a lot of people who went through,
20:34I went through 20 years of those wars myself, worried about getting dragged in, worried about
20:40mission creep, worried about nation building or democracy expansion. That's never the perspective
20:47the President has pursued on this. Just because previous presidents and previous secretaries have
20:52decided to just pour more resources and more people in toward some unguided end state doesn't
20:58mean that's the way the world needs to look today. In fact, the American people voted for a different
21:03approach. But what the President also stated from the beginning was Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.
21:09And it's one thing to say it. It's easy to say. Anybody can say that. I mean, Barack Obama said
21:15that.
21:16But to do something about it takes courage and resolve. But in that courage and in that resolve,
21:22you can also be very scoped in what you're trying to execute to ensure that the sacrifice
21:27of Americans, American treasure, American lives, all of those properly meet the objective that you're
21:34trying to accomplish. And certainly, as someone I talked out front about what the Iranians have done
21:39to our generation, yes, we're clear eyed about it. But my job is to keep it scoped, given the directive
21:45of the President to accomplish the mission. Thank you for the question. You know, most of their
21:49higher end surface air missile systems are not factors at this point in time. We're able to move
21:55around fighters that are moving deeper with relative impunity. Always some risk out there. I don't
22:02want to say that there isn't. And we'll always maintain and retain capability of doing search
22:10and rescue type of things. But I don't want to get into the details. But thank you for the question.
22:15Julie. Thanks, Mr. Secretary. President Trump told our team on the ground early this morning
22:22that the thing that has surprised him the most during the course of this operation so far
22:27has been the Iranian regime attacking countries that are not attacking them. I'm curious if that
22:35surprised you as well. And General, I'm curious if you are open to the possibility of escorting vessels
22:43through the Strait of Hormuz and if you could describe some of the challenges of doing so.
22:51Big mistake by the Iranian regime to start targeting its neighbors right away, exposing who they are and what
22:57they're all about, indiscriminate targeting, flailing recklessly at the beginning. I can't say that
23:04we anticipated necessarily that's exactly how they would would react, but we knew it was a possibility.
23:09And I think it was a demonstration of the desperation of that that regime then and that regime now that
23:14they still think their pathway out is to try to alienate their Arab partners even more, who've instead
23:20decided to come to us and have been willing to go on the offense, have been given us access,
23:25spacing and overflight in a in a new partnership that will continue to remake the region the way
23:30that President Trump did with the Abraham Accord. So you're pushing those countries in our in our
23:34direction to support this effort, further alienating Iran. And I think it's worth underscoring. I see in
23:41the media banners that say, you know, war expanding or war spread. It's actually the opposite. It's it's
23:46actually quite contained and more allies or more of those countries are coming on side, recognizing that
23:51you can't live under a conventional umbrella with nuclear ambitions, with a radical regime like
23:57that, again, properly scoping the objectives in the process. And then you want to talk about the
24:02straight? Sure. On the on the potential, if tasked to escort, you know, we'll look at the range of
24:09options to set the military conditions to be able to do that. And then like we always do with every
24:15potential mission come to the secretary and the president with both what are the resources required?
24:21What is the command and control required? And what are the risks and how do we mitigate those risks?
24:26So we're looking at a range of options there and we'll figure out how to solve problems as they come
24:33to us. But I would reiterate also to add to what the chairman said, the truth the president posted last
24:39night about that, saying if Iran does anything to stop the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz,
24:44they will be hit by the United States of America 20 times harder than they have been hit thus far.
24:50He goes on to say death, fire and fury will reign upon them. You've you've seen the truth and read
24:55it. But he takes very seriously the condition of that straits. We have capabilities that no other
24:59nation on Earth has. And we're certainly working with our energy partners across the administration
25:04to control for that. That's part of that scoping of this. The world needs to understand this doesn't
25:10have. This isn't intended to be nor is it something that will expand. We know exactly what we're
25:16attempting to achieve here scoped properly. And the American people can count on that for sure.
25:25President Trump has long said that he wants to minimize the loss of life in war, which
25:29wherever it occurs in whatever country, which so many people obviously appreciate.
25:33Can you detail the specific measures the Pentagon is taking to minimize civilian casualties and
25:39strikes inside Iran? And secondarily, is the Pentagon prioritizing replenishment of precision
25:44guided munitions, long range range strike weapons or air defense interceptors? And can you share any
25:51details on which systems are being prioritized? Yeah, seeing it from the inside every single day,
25:56including this, no nation takes more precautions to ensure there's never targeting of civilians than
26:04the United States of America. From the boat strikes in the Caribbean, where every single strike is
26:09assessed to this campaign here, no nation in the history of warfare has ever attempted in every way
26:16possible to avoid civilian casualties. And frankly, that's a point that just isn't appreciated enough.
26:22Where things happen that that need to be investigated, we will investigate to the to the to the question
26:29shouted in the back that it's not open source is not the place to determine what did or did not
26:35happen.
26:35We take things very, very seriously and investigate them thoroughly, which takes time and which is why
26:42it does take time. But ultimately, unlike Iran, who targets civilians indiscriminately, who we've seen in
26:50the intel moving rocket launchers into civilian neighborhoods near schools, near hospitals to try to prevent
26:56our ability to strike. That's how they operate. And then they set, you know, the targeting of drones and missiles
27:01toward civilian targets, hospitals, hotels, airports. We've sent comms been very good about putting that
27:08information out. That's how terrorist regimes fight. They target civilians. We do not. And I can tell you this, this,
27:14this, this
27:15and this Pentagon focuses on that very, very closely.
27:18Does it have come out of missiles? Go ahead. Right here.
27:22Thank you. Sir, this morning, the Iranian government is saying a lot. They continue to
27:28say they're prepared for a long war. If that's the case, what could you tell the American people
27:32as far as the steps the Department of War is taking to make sure our troops have the protection
27:37and the resources they need as the mission continues? I think there's, there's one thing I, I, I can sleep
27:44quietly at night knowing is that we're giving every resource humanly possible to our troops
27:49on the front lines to ensure they're protected. In fact, as I said in that first press briefing,
27:54even before we set the offense, we set the defense, we made sure we had the ability to
27:59defend. And then we moved as many Americans off the bases and into other places as possible.
28:03So as this progresses, the, the, the chairman or the question was asked to the chairman about how
28:08the enemy adapts. Well, of course we adapt to in real time and, and to watch our warriors
28:14iterate on air defense and interdiction on drones and missiles and how we get after it.
28:19It's incredible how they refine the tactics, bring in new assets to find different ways of getting
28:24at emerging technologies. So that is one of the things we're laser focused on every day. Yes,
28:29we're, we're going on offense more effectively than any country in human history,
28:33but we're also ensuring that in every way possible, we're defending the best Americans
28:37we have who wear our uniform, no doubt. Uh, let's do one more. Thanks. Secretary Hexed,
28:43um, the president has indicated that maybe the operation will wrap up sooner than he thought
28:47it was going to. Um, what's the plan once the U S stops military action? Will the U S play
28:53a role
28:53in the aftermath or will they leave Iran to sort it out? Ultimately, the aftermath is going
29:00to be in America's interests, our interests. We, we're not, we won't live under a nuclear blackmail
29:07scenario of conventional missiles that can target our people, which is why the objectives have been
29:12scoped from the beginning. Missiles, missile production, a defense industrial base, Navy,
29:18all in service of ensuring they don't have nuclear power projection capabilities. That's,
29:23that's what matters to president Trump. That's what matters to the American people. And ultimately,
29:27that's why we're so laser focused on ensuring those objectives and those objectives alone are
29:32met. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. Subscribe to one India and never miss an update.
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