Karoline Leavitt: “The objectives of Operation Epic Fury are... to destroy…”

“We've seen those reports as well, of course, and this is something that our intelligence agencies are closely monitoring and looking at. The truth is we'll have to wait and see. The president has said repeatedly that The objectives of Operation Epic Fury are... to destroy Iran's navy, to destroy their ballistic missile capacity, to ensure their proxies... can no longer harm Americans and to also ensure that they can never obtain a nuclear weapon. As for what comes next for Iran, the president has said, of course, it's a good thing for the United States to want freedom for the Iranian people, and ultimately we hope that freedom rests in their hands.” (29:42–30:00)

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