Hegseth says Iran was getting ‘closer and closer’ to nuclear capabilities, contradicting Gabbard

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Hegseth says Iran was getting ‘closer and closer’ to nuclear capabilities, contradicting Gabbard

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that President Trump could not tolerate Iran moving “closer and closer” to obtaining nuclear capabilities in choosing to begin his war with Tehran — the day after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified that such capabilities had been “obliterated” in U.S. airstrikes last year. “What President Trump would not tolerate…