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President Trump is at the NATO summit in the Netherlands.
He talked with reporters today about the ceasefire holding between Iran and Israel.
Trump says the U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities brought their war to an end.
He also says he believes the assessment of the damage caused by the U.S. strikes was,
quote, inconclusive.
He says they really don't know.
Trump says the U.S. expects to hear more soon from the Israeli government.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says U.S. officials believe the damage at the sites was more likely severe and the sites obliterated.
But NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports an early intelligence assessment shows Iran's nuclear program being set back by only a few months.
A U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to NPR that early assessments by the Defense Intelligence Agency found that the massive U.S. air campaign last Saturday did not have the outcome Trump described,
calling its damage to one key facility, quote, limited.
News of the assessment was first published by CNN.
More damage assessments from other intelligence agencies are expected.
Israel has said repeatedly that its goal in the war had been to stop Iran's nuclear program,