Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Crova Coleman.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S.
military is winning against Iran.
He spoke at the Pentagon last hour.
He insists the war is not expanding in the Middle East and says the U.S.
will widen its targets today.
Today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran.
The most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes.
Intelligence more refined.
and better than ever.
So that's on one hand.
On the other hand,
the last 24 hours have seen Iran fire the lowest number of missiles they've been capable of firing yet.
Hegseth also echoed comments made yesterday by President Trump.
Trump said the U.S.
has already won against Iran but hasn't won enough, and Trump suggested the war was mostly complete.
Hegseth would not commit to any timetable this morning.
Last week he said it could be a matter of as many as eight weeks for the war to be completed.
Lebanon's president is calling for direct talks with Israel to stop the war in his country.
He wants support to disarm Hezbollah.