DAILYCALLER (Nicole Silverio) - Pete Hegseth Underwater With American Population As Iran War Wages On, CNN’s Harry Enten Says
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YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch Live: Hegseth, Caine Brief Reporters On Day 13 Of Iran War
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine will brief reporters on Friday morning as the Iran war nears the two-week mark. The U.S. and Israeli militaries have decimated Iran's air defenses and munitions manufacturing centers, striking thousands of targets across the country. However, Iran's ruling regime remains largely intact, showing no signs of giving up the fight. The country's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khameini, issued his first statement on Thursday, saying the Strait of Hormuz must remain closed until the war is over, a move that is roiling the global energy trade and increasing prices at the pump. Hegseth has yet to offer an assessment on who is responsible for a strike early in the war that killed…