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Washington: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with reporters over their coverage of the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites at a defiant news conference that provided new details on the impressive military operation but shed little light on the damage inflicted.

Hegseth, a former Fox News anchor, grew frustrated when asked about satellite imagery that showed trucks lined up at the site in the days before the operation, and whether the US government was certain it had destroyed all of Iran’s enriched uranium inside the underground nuclear facility at Fordow.

“There’s nothing that I’ve seen that suggests that we didn’t hit exactly what we wanted to hit in those locations,” Hegseth said.

“That’s not the question though,” replied Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin. “Are you certain none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?”

Hegseth then went on the attack: “Of course we’re watching every single aspect. But Jennifer, you’ve been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the president says.”

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