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Hegseth announces USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson

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  Hegseth announces USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson "We are taking the politics out of ship naming," the defense secretary said.

Israel-Iran live updates: Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran has delivered a 'harsh blow' to US in 1st comments since bombing

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  Israel-Iran live updates: Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran has delivered a 'harsh blow' to US in 1st comments since bombing President Trump, meanwhile, has disputed a Pentagon intelligence assessment President Donald Trump told ABC News on Tuesday morning he is "not happy" with either Israel or Iran after the opening hours of a nascent ceasefire between the two combatants were marred by reported exchanges. Trump said Iran and Israel both "violated" the ceasefire that he announced late on Monday, in comments made as he departed the White House. On Wednesday morning, the president and his administration continued to push back on an early intelligence report suggesting that the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities likely only set Tehran's nuclear program back by months. Latest headlines: 12:36 AM +06 'Iran's nuclear facilities have been destroyed,' US director of national intelligence says 12:32 AM +06 Iranian fighters have 'fingers on t...

Trump, Hegseth slam news coverage of US intel report on Iran attack, say B-2 pilots upset

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  Trump, Hegseth slam news coverage of US intel report on Iran attack, say B-2 pilots upset The president claimed the B-2 pilots who dropped the bombs are "devastated." President  Donald Trump  and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday both tried to counter a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment that the attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities did limited damage by claiming news accounts of the report demeaned the B-2 pilots who dropped the bombs. Speaking at a news conference as he was set to leave the NATO summit in the Netherlands, Trump claimed the pilots are "devastated" by the suggestion the strikes were not a complete success. He was asked several times Wednesday about the Defense Intelligence Agency's  initial assessment  that the bombings of the Natanz, Isfahan and Fordo facilities likely set back Iran's nuclear program by only a few months. He acknowledged the receipt of the report but noted it was incomplete. He snapped back at report...