- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was confronted by protesters as he walked into a House Armed Services Committee meeting, where he faces tough questions about his handling of the Iran war.
- One protester held a sign that said “Arrest Hegseth” as other demonstrators shouted at him, asking, “Why did you order the bombing of school children?”
- Hegseth ignored the protesters and went on to ask God to “continue to watch over our troops in harm's way" in his opening statements to the committee.
- The conflict in Iran has entered its eighth week, significantly longer than Hegseth's initial prediction of four to five weeks, with negotiations to end the war at an impasse.
- Earlier Wednesday, President Donald Trump expressed his frustrations about the ongoing war on Truth Social with an AI-generated image of himself holding a gun against the backdrop of explosions in Iran.
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