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Hegseth brushes off reports Russia aiding Iran’s targeting: ‘We mitigate as we need to’
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at US Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP)
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the United States is “not concerned” about reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on US troop positions and movements.
While declining to confirm the reports, Hegseth, in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” says: “We’re tracking everything.”
“Our commanders are aware of everything,” he says. “We have the best intelligence in the world. We’re aware of who’s talking to who.”
“We’re not concerned about that,” the defense secretary says. “We mitigate it as we need to.”
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