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U.S. did ‘extremely severe damage’ to Iranian nuclear sites, but extent of destruction unknown
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth emphasized the strike was limited in nature and not aimed at regime change in Iran
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (R) attend press conference at Pentagon in Washington, United States on June 22, 2025.
Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Sunday morning that the U.S. operation in Iran overnight had hit all of its planned targets and that initial assessments showed that the strikes had inflicted...