In a bold press conference, the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegset, defended himself and the conduct of the Pentagons in the run-up to the vote on his impeachment, and declared: "Iran, the cartels, Maduro, Yemen, each of them was a legal operation ordered by the commander-in-chief."
￭ "I stand behind each of these actions. I was proud to execute them, and I would do it again tomorrow," Hesset said. "As for the claim that the US military is targeting civilians, that is a lie," he added, in response to articles of impeachment that focused on American massacres of civilians in Iran and the Caribbean and Pacific Islands.