Pete Hegseth Asked About Reports That 'The Uranium Was Removed From The Facility Before The B-2 Struck'

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At a Pentagon press briefing, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth was asked about reports that the uranium at an Iranian nuclear facility was moved before U.S. strikes.

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00:00was removed from the facility before the B-2 struck. So I'm not aware of any intelligence

00:04that I've reviewed that says things were not where they were supposed to be moved or otherwise.

00:10Yes. Kelly Meyer with News Nation and just off the top want to say we're grateful for the service

00:15of these pilots and everybody that serves. I wanted to ask you the CIA statement said when

00:20possible they will provide updates and information to the public for transparency and I believe

00:25that's what we're looking for here. Do you commit to share the defense intelligence agency report

00:30when it is ready so the American people can understand more about the intelligence assessment?

00:36Well actually the report that was discussed this preliminary report was a was what's called a

00:40restrike report. So it comes to us to give us an assessment whether a target would need to be

00:44restruck right that's the reason why. So it's based on internal feedback loop that we're supposed to

00:50have access to unfortunately someone took advantage of that but whatever is supposed to be made public

00:54will be but whatever has to say sensitive. Sir can I jump in you know one of the things that I'm

00:59trying to do through this journey that we're on together of course transparency but also the

01:04requirement to really protect these capabilities. I guess the time's up but so there's a balance in

01:13there right? We do need to preserve options should the nation and the joint force be tasked to go do

01:19something again. So I'm confident we'll find the middle ground but there are some things that

01:24that if asked I'd want to not release related. So we're going to leave it right there. I want to

01:30thank the heroism of our men and women in the military. What they accomplished is truly historic

01:34setting back the Iranian nuclear program untold number of years. It was a devastating attack.

01:40We appreciate you covering it. Thank you very much Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

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