Ted Cruz downplays ‘highly dubious’ leak surrounding strikes on Iran

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) dismissed a leak regarding the strikes President Donald Trump ordered against three of Iran’s nuclear sites.

The Defense Intelligence Agency’s early assessment of the strike’s damage was leaked this week, including its conclusion that less damage was inflicted than Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly claimed. These strikes targeted the Fordow fuel enrichment plant and the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities over the weekend. Trump said at the time that the three sites were “totally obliterated” by 14 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles.

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