Pentagon: Hegseth Says U.S. Strikes on Iran Not Aimed at Regime Change

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00:00last night on president trump's orders u.s central command conducted a precision strike

00:11in the middle of the night against three nuclear facilities in iran fordo natanz and asfahan in

00:19order to destroy or severely degrade iran's nuclear program and as the chairman of the joint

00:25chiefs will demonstrate it was an incredible and overwhelming success the order we received from

00:34our commander-in-chief was focused it was powerful and it was clear we devastated the iranian nuclear

00:43program but it's worth noting the operation did not target iranian troops or the iranian people

00:50for the entirety of his time in office president trump has consistently stated for over 10 years

00:57that iran must not get a nuclear weapon full stop thanks to president trump's bold and visionary

01:06leadership and his commitment to peace through strength iran's nuclear ambitions have been

01:12obliterated many presidents have dreamed of delivering the final blow to iran's nuclear

01:20program and none could until president trump

01:26this mission was not has not been about regime change the president authorized a precision operation

01:43to neutralize the threats to neutralize the threats to our national interests posed by the iranian

01:48nuclear program and the collective self-defense of our troops and our ally israel

01:54at the entire range of challenges fighters did not fly and it appears that iran's surface-to-air missile

02:04systems did not see us throughout the mission we retained the element of surprise who's linked up

02:13with escort and support aircraft in a complex tightly timed maneuver required as the secretary said this

02:20was the largest b2 operational strike in u.s history and the second longest b2 mission ever flown

02:30exceeded only by those in the days following 9-11 well prior to the strike general carrilla elevated force

02:39protection measures across the region especially in iraq syria and the gulf our forces remain on high

02:47alert and are fully postured to respond to any iranian retaliation or proxy attacks which would be an

02:55incredibly poor choice we will defend ourselves this type of integration is exactly what

03:05point we understand as the