Recent U.S. strikes in Iran have split public opinion and Congress
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended Joint Chiefs General Dan Caine's explanation of the Iran war's trajectory Monday, then attacked reporters for questioning the evolving timeline. After initially suggesting the conflict would last two weeks, the administration now indicates four weeks. Hegseth accused NBC of asking "gotcha" questions, insisting Trump…
Trump encouraged Iranians to "take over your government" when U.S. military forces have finished assailing the country.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected the idea that the war against Iran would be the sort of endless conflict that President Donald Trump swore to avoid when he took office a second time, saying “our generation knows better.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth disputed on Monday that the American operation in Iran is about regime change, even if that is an effect of the conflict. “This is not a so-called regime change war, but the regime sure did change, and the world is better off for it today,” Hegseth said in his first…
