Sec. Pete Hegseth & Admiral Brad Cooper Give Operation Epic Fury Update
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The timeline is ours alone. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Lisa Lacerra, Fox News. |
| 0:07.5 | Those words from Secretary of War Pete Higset, |
| 0:09.8 | as he and CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper |
| 0:12.3 | give an update on the military action in Iran, Admiral Cooper, with this message. |
| 0:17.1 | We are fighting to win. |
| 0:18.6 | He says U.S. forces have successfully hit targets across Iran. |
| 0:22.2 | In just the last 72 hours, America's bomber force has struck nearly 200 targets deep inside of |
| 0:28.1 | Iran, including around Tehran. And in just the last hour, U.S. B2 bombers dropped dozens of |
| 0:34.7 | 2,000-pound penetrator bombs targeting deeply buried ballistic missile |
| 0:38.8 | launchers. And Admiral Cooper says as the U.S. moves to the next phase, we will dismantle Iran's |
| 0:43.7 | missile production capability. In the House... On this vote, the Yays are 212, the nays are 219. The |
| 0:52.3 | the concurrent resolution is not adopted. |
| 0:54.7 | The day after the Senate blocked the House is voted against a resolution that would have |
| 0:58.4 | limited President Trump's action in Iran. |
| 1:01.2 | Christine Noam being replaced as Homeland Security Secretary. |
| 1:04.9 | President Trump wants to replace her with Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen. |
| 1:08.7 | His nomination needs to be confirmed by the Senate. |
| 1:10.8 | I want to try to earn their support, and I'm going to be very open and honest with them. And at the end of the day, all I can do is do my job. And so I'm not going to get in a tip-tip, but if they have real concerns, I'm going to listen to it. I'm going to see if it's practical. A source tells Fox News. The decision to remove Noam came after |
| 1:29.0 | what's being called accommodation of her many unfortunate leadership failures. At a Senate hearing |
| 1:34.3 | this week, she faced criticism from Republicans for a decision to spend more than $200 million |
| 1:39.6 | where she was featured in ads and told senators the president approved the spending, |
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