Watch live: White House briefs reporters with administration pushing back on Iran leak
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Watch live: White House briefs reporters with administration pushing back on Iran leak
The White House will hold a press briefing on Thursday afternoon. The briefing comes after reports that Iran’s nuclear program was only delayed by a few months. The White House has said that it is still investigating the reports.
Reports emerged earlier this week that the attacks only set Tehran’s nuclear program back by a few months, contradicting President Trump’s claims that the sites were “obliterated.” Administration officials have pushed back on the reporting, based on a leaked early assessment, leaning instead on Israel’s view that Iran’s capabilities were set back by at least a few years.
The briefing comes hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine held a press conference to weigh in on the leaked preliminary report, blasting the media for its coverage and standing behind Trump’s initial analysis of the strikes.
Hegseth will join CIA Director John Ratcliffe and other top officials at a classified briefing for senators later Thursday.
The White House news briefing is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. EDT.
Watch the live video above.