WATCH LIVE: War Sec Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine Hold Press Briefing – 8 AM ET

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine hold press briefing on Operation Epic Fury – photo by Jordan ConradsonWar Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine will hold a press conference today to discuss developments on Operation Epic Fury and the Iran war. 20 days ago, US and Israeli forces executed strikes in Iran, which killed the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and dozens of top Iranian officials.Bombing campaigns, targeting Iranian military infrastructure and weapons, have continued for nearly three weeks.Today’s briefing follows US strikes on Iran’s “crown jewel” oil hub of Kharg Island last Friday.President Trump described it as the “most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East,” which “totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island.”Today’s briefing also comes after President Trump announced late on Wednesday that Israel “violently lashed out” against Iranian and Qatari natural gas fields.BREAKING: Trump Announces Israel “Violently Lashed Out” and Hit Gas Fields in Iran, Claims US “KNEW NOTHING” of Attack and “NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL”/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i