Pentagon leaders double down on the destruction from US attacks on Iran

The Pentagon’s top leaders have doubled down on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran's nuclear facilities. And they described in detail the study and planning behind the bombing mission. In a rare Pentagon press briefing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine tried to shift the debate from whether the nuclear targets were “obliterated,” as President Donald Trump has said, and focus on what they portrayed as the heroism and extensive research and preparation that went into carrying them out. Hegseth said once more than an early assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency was preliminary.