Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday offered the Trump administration’s most detailed descriptions yet of the planning and execution of U.

President Trump said Iran didn't move stores of highly enriched uranium out of Iranian nuclear sites before they were hit by American bombers. "The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the shafts.

Hegseth minimized the importance of a preliminary intelligence assessment that concluded US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities had damaged but not permanently destroyed them.