Key Highlights
- The press conference will be held at 8:00 am local time Monday (1300 GMT-1830 IST), the Pentagon announced Sunday on X.
- Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will also take part, the Pentagon said.
- Pete Hegseth will also visit Congress on Tuesday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to brief lawmakers on the progress of the military operation, the White House announced Sunday.
- Democrats in opposition have complained that they were not consulted before the operation began.
- The US and Israeli militaries struck Iran on Saturday, and Iranian state media confirmed Sunday that a strike on Tehran killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
