{"id":71089,"date":"2026-03-19T11:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:41:31","slug":"hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war"},"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 and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are holding a briefing for reporters Thursday on the latest developments in the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-israel-strike-south-pars-gas-field-trump-threat-oil-gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran war<\/a><\/span>, their first since Israel carried out strikes killing Iran&#8217;s top security chief\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ali-larijani-iran-top-security-official-killed-war-strikes-israel\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ali Larijani<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and Esmail Khatib, its intelligence minister.<\/p>\n<p>Israel on Wednesday struck Qatar&#8217;s Ras Laffan, the world&#8217;s largest liquefied natural gas terminal, and Iran&#8217;s South Pars gas field, which is shared with Qatar. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/iran-war-live-updates-qatar-gas-price-hegseth-briefing-trump-takaichi-meeting-2026-03-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters reported Thursday<\/a> that U.S. crude futures rose above $97 per barrel, while natural gas was up 3% and Brent crude futures rose to $111.87 a barrel, up 4% on the day.<\/p>\n<p>Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/tulsi-gabbard-kash-patel-senate-intelligence-committee-hearing\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said at a Senate hearing<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Wednesday the regime &#8220;appears to be intact,&#8221; although &#8220;largely degraded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump suggested Wednesday that other countries should &#8220;be responsible&#8221; for the Strait of Hormuz, after some\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-war-trump-strait-of-hormuz-european-union-rejects-call-to-send-ships\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">nations rejected his demands<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that they help reopen the waterway. The strait has effectively been closed to the U.S. and its allies, causing higher oil prices \u2014 and higher gas prices at the pump. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said allies were discussing the &#8220;best way&#8221; to reopen the waterway, and U.K. military planners are working with the U.S. to develop some options.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating former National Counterterrorism Center Director <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/joe-kent-trump-counterterrorism-iran-fbi-investigation-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joe Kent<\/a><\/span> in connection with alleged leaks of classified information, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter told CBS News. Kent <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/joe-kent-what-to-know-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">resigned<\/a><\/span> earlier this week over the Trump administration&#8217;s handling of the war with Iran. The probe began before Kent resigned, sources told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>How to watch the Pentagon update on the Iran war<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>What<\/strong>: <\/strong>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine brief on Iran war \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Date: <\/strong><\/strong>Thursday, March 19, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Time: <\/strong><\/strong>8 a.m. ET<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Location:<\/strong> <\/strong>The Pentagon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Online stream:\u00a0<\/strong>Live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vanity-rewritten=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News 24\/7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<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<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hegseth-caine-iran-war-update-briefing-2026-03-19\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are holding a briefing for reporters Thursday on the latest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators Wednesday the regime &amp;quot;appears to be intact,&amp;quot; although &amp;quot;largely degraded.&amp;quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators Wednesday the regime &amp;quot;appears to be intact,&amp;quot; although &amp;quot;largely degraded.&amp;quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/\",\"name\":\"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators Wednesday the regime &amp;quot;appears to be intact,&amp;quot; although &amp;quot;largely degraded.&amp;quot;\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war - World News","description":"Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators Wednesday the regime &amp;quot;appears to be intact,&amp;quot; although &amp;quot;largely degraded.&amp;quot;","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war - World News","og_description":"Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators Wednesday the regime &amp;quot;appears to be intact,&amp;quot; although &amp;quot;largely degraded.&amp;quot;","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war","datePublished":"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/"},"wordCount":327,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/","name":"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T11:41:31+00:00","description":"Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators Wednesday the regime &amp;quot;appears to be intact,&amp;quot; although &amp;quot;largely degraded.&amp;quot;","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-briefing-on-iran-war\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are holding a briefing for reporters Thursday on the latest","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Politics"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":6,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/d27b77f1-86fb-43ed-a4bf-3d2733dac865\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/01f0f80a372b922e7edfc37974176692\/gettyimages-2263872666.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-34\">Politics<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}