Hegseth Responds to an Early Intel Briefing on Iran Strike; Five DOD Nominees Testify Before Senate

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine provided details of the recent U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear sites during a press conference. The press conference came in response to media reports about a leaked early intelligence briefing suggesting the strikes set back Iran’s nuclear capabilities by only a few months.
Five Department of Defense nominees answered questions from Senators of the Armed Services Committee during a confirmation hearing. Among them is Hung Cao, a former candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia and retired Navy captain. Cao was tapped by President Donald Trump to be undersecretary of the Navy on February 27….