- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lauded the "incredible" and "historic" results of the joint US and Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, now in its fifth day.
- Hegseth claimed "America is winning decisively" and that Iran is "toast," also stating that a leader involved in an assassination attempt on President Trump was killed in missile strikes.
- At a news conference Wednesday morning, he confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters, describing it as the first such attack on an enemy since the Second World War.
- Hegseth vowed to avenge the deaths of six US service members who have been killed in the fight as the Iranian death toll sat at at least 1,045 people.
- Hegseth asserts that the U.S. is winning its military operation against Iran “decisively, devastatingly and without mercy.” He says more forces including jet fighters and bombers soon will arrive in the region. He adds that the U.S. “will take all the time we need to make sure that we succeed.”
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