No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures The Pentagon is taking a “shameful approach” to releasing information about US casualties in the Iran war, Leon Panetta, a former defence secretary and CIA director, has told the Guardian. The defence department has not held a press briefing for two and a half months. Officials have faced accusations that they are engaged in a cover-up designed to hide the true cost of Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, fearing a public backlash before November’s midterm elections. Panetta, who held weekly Pentagon briefings during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, criticised the department for failing to disclose how many people had been hurt in bomb attacks by Iran on US bases. “There’s a deliberate effort here to basically withhold information from the American people, and I think it represents in many ways a shameful approach to sharing the responsibility that we all have when it comes to fighting a war,” he said by phone. A fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran collapsed earlier this month and both sides have been carrying out daily strikes against each ot
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On Tuesday night before getting onto Air Force One, President Donald Trump told reporters that "a lot of progress" had been made in negotiations with Iran, adding that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come "tomorrow or the next…
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On Tuesday night before getting onto Air Force One, President Donald Trump told reporters that "a lot of progress" had been made in negotiations with Iran, adding that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come…
Read original at Fox News →‘Special Report’ anchor Bret Baier has the details on the Iran conflict’s impact on the United States' missile defense stockpiles. Some estimates show the U.S. has used more than half of its stockpiles of some weapons…
Read original at Fox News →The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile is “dangerously low,” according to…
Read original at CNN →Unless Donald Trump finds a way out of his box on Iran, history may come to regard his choice to wage war as a presidency-defining error. But he has so far avoided one potential dire mistake: massively escalating the…
Read original at CNN →The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas. “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and…
Read original at CNN →Congressional Republicans accelerate efforts to pass key legislation, including the SAVE America Act and a $95 billion Pentagon bill for the Iran conflict, before the summer recess. Republicans are sounding the alarm…
Read original at Fox News →Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the details on the heated hearing where Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made Iran war cost estimations on ‘Special Report.’ On July 20, President Donald…
Read original at Fox News →Brent Sadler, a former Pentagon official, addresses a report on the U.S.'s declining munitions stockpiles, a critical issue for potential major combat operations against Iran. He highlights that this ongoing problem,…
Read original at Fox News →The US war in Iran is in desperate need of new thinking. Despite new US strikes Wednesday following President Donald Trump’s f-bomb warning that Iran is due another “beating,” he has yet to show he can blast Tehran back…
Read original at CNN →President Donald Trump vows a strong response to an Iranian surprise attack on U.S. forces in Jordan, telling Fox News, 'We'll be hitting Iran hard, they're going to get a beating.' Reporting live from Tel Aviv, Trey…
Read original at Fox News →The US military’s weapons stockpiles, including its inventory of crucial air defense missiles, remain severely depleted following a major flare up of the war with Iran in recent weeks, according to three sources…
Read original at CNN →Controversial move to classify Iran war as two separate campaigns criticised as attempt to minimise casualty figures. Plus, the man who started an animal shelter after a dog saved his life Don’t already get First Thing…
Read original at The Guardian →Eighteen American troops have been killed and 624 wounded since White House launched war on Tehran. Plus, International Cowboy Day in Kenya Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The US…
Read original at The Guardian →The Iran war could be reaching another pivot point. Following the demise of a three-month-long ceasefire, the two sides returned to fighting this month, but with little sign that either is really gaining a strategic…
Read original at CNN →As President Donald Trump pleads for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the nation’s war with Iran, Democrats in Congress have offered an unequivocal — and historically unusual — message. Trump’s operation in Iran…
Read original at CNN →Amid the longest pause to date in the US military’s deadly military strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, US law enforcement officials told CNN they are uncertain about the…
Read original at CNN →Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White House meeting on…
Read original at CNN →No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures The Pentagon is taking a “shameful approach” to releasing information about US casualties in the Iran war,…
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On Tuesday night before getting onto Air Force One, President Donald Trump told reporters that "a lot of progress" had been made in negotiations with Iran, adding
View source →‘Special Report’ anchor Bret Baier has the details on the Iran conflict’s impact on the United States' missile defense stockpiles. Some estimates show the U.S. ha
View source →The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile is “dangerously low,” according to multiple sources familiar…
View source →Unless Donald Trump finds a way out of his box on Iran, history may come to regard his choice to wage war as a presidency-defining error. But he has so far avoided one potential dire mistake: massively escalating the conflict past his…
View source →The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas. “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an…
View source →Congressional Republicans accelerate efforts to pass key legislation, including the SAVE America Act and a $95 billion Pentagon bill for the Iran conflict, before
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