00:00As American airstrikes hammer Iran, the White House remains unable to clearly explain why
00:05it decided to attack or how long the war will last.
00:09Ultimately, the operations will end when the commander-in-chief determines the military
00:13objectives have been met, fully realized, and that Iran is in a position of complete
00:18and unconditional surrender.
00:20This is not endless, it's not protracted, we're not allowing mission creep.
00:24At the Pentagon, the defense secretary would only give vague answers about a timeline
00:29and wouldn't say what it would take to end the war.
00:32We will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated.
00:38I think you'll see it's going to be a short-term excursion.
00:41President Donald Trump claims it will all be over quickly.
00:44He's vowing to fight on to an undisclosed endpoint without saying how long that could take.
00:49We could go further, and we're going to go further.
00:52The most honest assessment may have come from Israel, America's partner in this war.
00:58Israel's foreign minister said there's no sign the fighting is close to over.
01:02We are not close there, as the President of the United States said yesterday.
01:06In Washington, there's a growing sense of unease.
01:09Lawmakers left a classified briefing with the White House, clearly alarmed at what they heard and did not hear.
01:15We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of
01:25the potential objectives here.
01:27I'm very worried about how long this will drag on.
01:30We are hearing no logical estimates about when it will be over.
01:36It's possible an end is brought about by politics before peace.
01:41Soaring gas prices, mounting U.S. casualties, and fears of terrorist attacks at home are only driving up the pressure
01:48on Trump
01:49to end a war that still hasn't been explained to the American people.
01:54Jackson Prosko, Global News, Washington.
01:57Thank you, Mr Mr. Chairman.
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