Hegseth Accuses Troops of Lying as He’s Faced With Facts on Iran War

Hegseth Accuses Troops of Lying as He’s Faced With Facts on Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is continuing to lie about an Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. service members in early March, and now he’s lashing out at the survivors of the blast too.After the missile struck the troop base, the defense secretary minimized the incident, calling the missile a “squirter” that “happened to hit a tactical operations center that was fortified.”But a month later, multiple anonymous survivors of the blast talked to CBS, and claimed Hegseth was fibbing. As Rep...

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