{"id":68741,"date":"2026-03-05T21:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/watch-live-pete-hegseth-adm-brad-cooper-give-news-conference-as-iran-offensive-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:44:38","slug":"watch-live-pete-hegseth-adm-brad-cooper-give-news-conference-as-iran-offensive-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/watch-live-pete-hegseth-adm-brad-cooper-give-news-conference-as-iran-offensive-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Live: Pete Hegseth, Adm. Brad Cooper give news conference as Iran offensive continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to give a press briefing with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command leading U.S. forces in the Middle East, as the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-spreads-azerbaijan-israel-strikes-tehran-lebanon\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">war against Iran continued for a sixth day<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s briefing comes one day after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-israel-strikes-tehran-lebanon-day-5-al-udeid-targeted\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hegseth said the mission<\/a><\/span>, named Operation Epic Fury, against Iran was &#8220;just getting started.&#8221; Hegseth also announced Wednesday that an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hegseth-caine-iran-war-operations-briefing-2026-03-04\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iranian warship had been sunk<\/a><\/span> by a U.S. torpedo, the first time the U.S. Navy has sunk a warship with a torpedo since World War II.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/names-us-service-members-killed-iran-war-kuwait\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Six U.S. Army Reserve members have been killed<\/a><\/span> in the ongoing war with Iran. Hegseth had said the deadly incident happened when an incoming munition hit a tactical operations center in Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth is participating in the press conference during a visit to U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa. This is the first time Cooper is giving a press briefing since the campaign began over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, he released a social media video expressing his condolences for the six service members killed over the weekend and gave an operational update on the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said the U.S. had struck nearly 2,000 targets with over 2,000 munitions. 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