Follow live as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gives a press conference to defend B-2 bomber pilots’ “dignity” after an intelligence leak suggested the pilots’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites only set the country’s nuclear program back by months.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said leaker of initial intel assessment wanted to "make it look like this historic strike wasn't successful."

The Pentagon on Thursday released new details about how the US prepared for its marathon bombing mission against three Iranian nuclear sites, the crews that carried out the daring weekend raid, and how Iran tried fortifying one of the sites that held critical aspects of its nuclear program.