Pete Hegseth Gets Irritated As Reporters Query Him On Details Of The Endgame In U.S. And Israel’s War With Iran

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ‘s showed his irritation with the media was on full display on Monday as he and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a press conference to outline the rationale and objectives for the U.S. joining Israel in striking Iran. After delivering remarks at the opining of the press conference, Hegseth and Caine took questions for about 12 minutes. Toward the end of the Q&A, NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer asked Hegseth, “Is there a concern of this spiraling into a longer war?” “Did you not hear my remarks?” Hegseth said to her. “We’re ensuring the mission gets accomplished, but we are very clear eyed, as the president had been, unlike other presidents, about the foolish policies of the past that recklessly pulled us in to things that were not tethered to actual, clear objectives. We have plans, we have chairmen, we have CENTCOM commanders, Admiral Cooper, who’s executing very deliberately to ensure outcomes that I laid out are accomplished. But we would never in front of a press pool.” Related Stories News Iran State TV Confirms Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Is Dead; New Israeli Strikes On Tehran Begin