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Jeremy Barr in Washington

Has the pro-Maga media turned on the Pentagon over Iran?

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A member of the media records as Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on 2 March. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The question, asked during a 4 March press briefing with Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, and Gen Dan Caine, was a good one: if the US had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities during an operation last June, “what was the intelligence that suggested that somehow they became a threat once again that required us to get involved with Operation Epic Fury?”

It was asked by Heather Mullins, who works for LindellTV, the television network founded by Mike Lindell, the pillow entrepreneur, Trump cheerleader and 2020 election denier.

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