Live Updates: Iran, Oman deal on Strait of Hormuz getting close, Tehran says

President Trump took to Truth Social Thursday to take issue with the Washington Post's reporting he clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Iran. 

The Washington Post reported Mr. Trump demanded answers from Hegseth at Camp David last week on why he had apparently been misled on munitions shortages, citing two people familiar with the exchange. CBS News and other outlets reported the U.S. has used up nearly all of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles. 

"The Fake News, as usual, is spreading false and completely unfounded rumors," the president wrote on Truth Social. "I am extremely happy with the job that Pete Hegseth is doing. Everything has been extraordinary, including our attack on Venezuela, where the result was accomplished in less than one day, allowing us to bring one of the worst criminals anywhere in the World, Nicolas Maduro, to Justice! Likewise, Iran, where the country has been decimated for the purpose of NOT ALLOWING IT TO EVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, is going very well!"

The president said Hegseth is "highly respected" and claimed the Washington Post started a "rumor" that is "completely FALSE." 

Earlier, the president took to Truth Social to insist the U.S. has ample munitions.

The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark for purchasing oil, was up nearly 4% on Thursday as uncertainty continued over a possible deal between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz.

The cost had declined for three straight days, falling under $80 a barrel, before trading Thursday. The cost was over $82 by midday.

The Trump administration has said a deal was likely to be made this week, but costs were not buoyed by a report in Iran's state news agency, IRNA, that a deal would only establish a new way of managing traffic through the strait and not fully reopen it. A full reopening of the strait would require the U.S. to end its blockade and withdraw from the region, according to the report. 

After saying early Wednesday the deal would be done "tomorrow or the next day," President Trump struck a more conservative tone later that day.  

"We're talking, let's see what happens," Mr. Trump said Wednesday night at a rally in Las Vegas.

Houthi missile and drone attacks in Yemen on Thursday killed at least 38 government troops and injured 29, two medical sources told AFP, in one of the deadliest days between the two sides in years.

A military official told AFP that a military camp in the al-Ruwaik area of Marib province, in central Yemen, had been attacked, as well as camps in the Al-Abr and Al-Wadiah areas of Hadramawt, near the border with Saudi Arabia.

One of the missile attacks hit troops during their morning formation at the camp in Marib province, "killing and wounding at least 45 personnel," said another military source, who declined to be named for security reasons.

Yemen, which has been embroiled in more than a decade of war, last month became the latest front to be sucked into the U.S.-Iran war, as the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels upended a 2022 truce with the Saudi-backed government.

The Iran-backed Houthis have recently targeted energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and fired at Saudi-flagged vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as part of a blockade in solidarity with Iran.

Iran intensified its threats toward its Gulf neighbors last week, conveying messages it would "black out" the entire region if the United States struck its power plants and rattling off a list of specific targets, two officials told AFP.

The warning followed threats by President Trump of a massive attack against Iran, which he later walked back over the weekend citing requests from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and a renewed hope for a breakthrough in talks.

"Iran threatened to black out the Gulf, country by country, if Trump attacked its power plants," a Gulf official told AFP, with another regional official confirming the messaging.

Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

Trump said the planned strikes would have been "the biggest attack since World War II," with U.S. media reporting he was considering hitting energy infrastructure, as he has repeatedly threatened to do.

The Israeli army said it has struck multiple Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over the past 24 hours after two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack Wednesday.

"Among the targets struck were weapon storage facilities, a command center, and additional terror infrastructure," the Israel Defense Forces said.

Israel also said it intends to keep soldiers in the so-called Security Zone "in accordance with the agreement." 

Also, Israel identified the soldiers killed in the attack yesterday as Maj. Harel Birenstock and Sgt. Maj. Tamir Vaknin.  

The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, a peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, meanwhile said it continued to track violations of Lebanese airspace by Israel. 

"Peacekeepers continue to observe daily violations of Lebanese airspace and military activities on the ground," UNIFIL said. "Yesterday's 113 projectiles launched by IDF are the highest recorded by UNIFIL since 21 June."

Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Thursday that 21 people with alleged links to Israel's Mossad intelligence service have been arrested in Iran's southern Kerman province.

The ministry said they were identified and detained during intelligence operations targeting what it described as agents connected to the "espionage and terrorist service of the Zionist regime (Mossad)."

It said the 21 had gathered information on sensitive and classified military and air defense facilities and transferred it to Mossad.   

Iran and Oman are nearing a new arrangement for managing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran insisting the framework represents a new security model for the strategic waterway rather than a full reopening of the strait, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Thursday.

According to IRNA, the proposed mechanism would regulate the movement of commercial vessels, with ships entering through Iranian waters and exiting through Omani waters.

IRNA said the talks are aimed at defining "a new model that is different from the 60-year-old practice of the past" in which ships passed through the strait at will.

President Trump has said the talks could result in a deal concerning the strait being announced as soon as Thursday.  

IRNA asserted that the Iran war has changed the security situation around the waterway and that previous arrangements can't address the new realities.

The agency said the success of the arrangement would depend on whether other nations in the region and worldwide accept it.

There was no mention in the IRNA report of an intention to charge vessels fees to get through the strait — a potentially contentious condition. 

Negotiations between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz concern vessel movement and navigation routes, not reopening the strategic waterway, a senior Iranian lawmaker said.

Behnam Saeedi, first secretary of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said the talks "are in no way about" reopening the strait.

President Trump has said a deal could be announced as soon as Thursday.

Saeedi said in an interview with The Young Journalists Club, which is affiliated with Iranian state television, that such discussions would only happen after the U.S. ends threats, lifts its blockade of Iranian ports, leaves the region and a ceasefire is declared.

"This issue should not be confused with the negotiations that are currently taking place, and it should not be assumed that these talks mean the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," Saeedi said.

He described the strait as a strategic asset and deterrence tool.

"The Strait of Hormuz is an achievement and a deterrent tool available to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this tool is being used effectively," he said. "As long as the Americans do not address the issues I mentioned, there is no reason for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened."

Saeedi said vessels using the route would require permission, can't be military ships, and would have to follow regulations and pay service fees.

"The decision-maker regarding the Strait of Hormuz is the Islamic Republic of Iran. Negotiations are being held with Oman as a coastal state, and if it accepts Iran's conditions, an agreement will be reached," he said.

Lebanese state media reported Israeli airstrikes and shelling overnight into Thursday morning, after Israel announced its first two military fatalities in more than a month as renewed hostilities flared.

The strikes -- which began Wednesday afternoon and were accompanied by the first evacuation warning in weeks -- came as Israel and Lebanon took part in U.S.-mediated talks in Rome, with Beirut seeking Israel's phased withdrawal from the south.

Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported that "the Israeli enemy escalated its attacks" on Tyre district with "a series of airstrikes and artillery shelling" that lasted from Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

The agency reported several strikes in the town of Burj al-Shamali that left eight people wounded.

It also said Israeli aircraft carried out three strikes in and around Mansouri as "artillery shelling and tank fire" targeted the town simultaneously.

Mansouri's residents had been warned by the Israeli military on Wednesday to evacuate.

The Lebanese health ministry reported at least one person killed in Wednesday's strikes.

Israel accused Hezbollah on Wednesday of forcing it to act by violating a ceasefire that had sharply reduced the level of hostilities since June.

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President Trump is taking issue with recent reports of significant U.S. munitions shortages due to the war with Iran.

In a post on his Truth Social platform early Thursday, Mr. Trump said, "The U.S. has massive amounts of 'munitions,' especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed. Defense companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in our country's history. The 'leakers' of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!"

CBS News reported Tuesday that the U.S. has used nearly all of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles during the war, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

The sources said the U.S. has used virtually all of its Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, and Precision Strike Missiles. Reuters was first to report that the U.S. had used "virtually all" of its long-range precision missiles during Operation Epic Fury. 

CBS News previously reported that the U.S. has dwindling stockpiles of defensive interceptors and long-range missiles, which has become a pressure point within the administration, and that the U.S. cannot sustain the rate at which it expended precision munitions early in the war with Iran.

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Cyberattacks on U.S. water systems that officials suspect may be linked to Iran-backed hackers have been reported in at least a dozen states, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Wednesday.

Those states include Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia, New Jersey and South Dakota. In Minnesota specifically, more than 30 community water systems were impacted, CBS News previously learned.

In Georgia, the Clayton County Water Authority, which serves 300,000 customers in the Atlanta area, said cyber activity last month caused a water pressure drop and forced the agency to issue a boil water advisory. Service was restored within hours, however.

Some utilities have lost critical remote-control capabilities, forcing operators to switch to manual mode. In several cases, the hackers gained remote access to pumps, valves and water pressure. 

So far, according to officials, the cyberattacks have had no impact on drinking water, which has remained safe.

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Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon, Israel's military said Thursday, the first Israeli deaths since a shaky truce between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began nearly two months ago.

Four other soldiers were seriously wounded, the military said. Israeli media reported the two deaths a day earlier.

The Israeli army launched strikes Wednesday in southern Lebanon in response to what it described as Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire and called on residents of the village of Mansouri to flee - the first such warning Israel has issued in Lebanon for weeks.

Lebanon's Health Ministry said one person was killed and 12 wounded in an Israeli strike in the town of Tebnine Wednesday and another eight wounded in overnight strikes on the village of Burj al-Shemali. Artillery shelling also targeted the areas of Mansouri and Majdal Zoun, the state-run National News Agency said.

There was no immediate statement from the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The latest escalation came as Lebanese and Israeli negotiators met in Rome to discuss implementation of a June 26 deal reached between Israel and the Lebanese government under which Israeli forces are supposed to withdraw from areas they occupy in southern Lebanon and allow the Lebanese army to take control, in exchange for Hezbollah's disarmament. 

An oil tanker reported hearing explosions while transiting the Strait of Hormuz near Oman, a British maritime agency said Thursday local time, as Tehran and Muscat hold talks to jointly manage the key waterway.

"The Master of a tanker has reported hearing two explosions whilst transiting in the Strait of Hormuz," an incident that occurred about 10 miles southeast of Kumzar, Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on X.

"The report confirms that crew and vessel are safe. No environmental damage has been reported," said the UKMTO, which is an agency in the British Royal Navy.

Iran, which has seized de facto control over the strait since the war began in February, has fired on ships it said failed to follow authorized routes.

President Trump on Wednesday reiterated his claim that the U.S. was set to launch heavy strikes on Iran this past weekend before he called them off and announced a new round of talks.

"We were all set for the biggest attack since World War II, and they called me, and they said, 'Please don't do it, let's talk,'" Mr. Trump said while speaking at a rally at the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas.

The president claimed that the U.S. is "knocking the hell out of" Iran, but said that he would "rather make a deal, because I don't want to kill people."

Last week, multiple sources told CBS News that the U.S. and Israel were preparing for a new round of joint strikes on Iran.

However, CBS News learned Saturday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Mr. Trump and cautioned him against conducting the strikes.

Hours later Saturday evening, Mr. Trump announced in a social media post that he had agreed "to cancel the attack." The president said he had received a request from "Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off" because the parameters of a possible peace deal had "been agreed to."

On Tuesday night, Mr. Trump told reporters that a deal was potentially close, and could come as soon as Wednesday or Thursday. 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that communication with the country's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was very "difficult at the moment."

Khamenei, who was wounded in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that launched the Middle East war, has not appeared in public since succeeding his father, who was killed in the same attack.

"It is very difficult to communicate with him at the moment, but in any case, his presence is a very great source of strength for us so that we can continue," Pezeshkian said.

The younger Khamenei has communicated through written statements, but his low profile at a time when Iran is in conflict with the United States has led to speculation about his relations with other top officials.

He notably did not appear at his father's funeral ceremonies last month.

Pezeshkian defended his leader, however, insisting he had been able to hold productive meetings with him and had been met with "kindness and very sound logic."

"Unfortunately, the current situation allows some malicious people to describe him differently and to present a different image of him," he said.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said Wednesday they had attacked another Saudi oil tanker, the second in a day as the rebels pressed on with their declared maritime blockade of the kingdom.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement the rebels targeted the Saudi oil tanker Daisy in the Gulf of Aden, south of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with a ballistic missile.

The attack appears to coincide with a tanker that reported hearing a "loud explosion in proximity to the vessel" to the U.K. Maritime Operations Centre. The UKMTO, a U.K. navy maritime security organization, fields reports of incidents from commercial vessels. 

There were no crew members injured in the explosion and no environmental impacts reported, according to the UKMTO. The report was made at about 4:30 p.m. local time.

The Houthis have said they will target any Saudi oil tanker transiting through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. They have claimed to have targeted at least six Saudi-flagged vessels since July 22.

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Oman and Iran appear to be closing in on a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran is warning it will be only open to traffic once the U.S. ends its blockade.

Iran and Oman have already agreed on a route for ships transiting the strait and are putting finishing touches on arrangements for jointly managing the waterway, Tehran's foreign ministry said Wednesday.

But official sources briefing Iranian media stressed any reopening of the strait would depend on the United States fulfilling what Tehran sees as its commitment to end its own naval blockade of Iran's ports.

"The factors making the Strait of Hormuz insecure still exist on the part of the United States, particularly the naval blockade and other aggressive and threatening actions against Iran and its interests," the Iranian foreign ministry said.

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The reinstated blockade on Iranian ports has now redirected 48 vessels since it was restarted last month, U.S. Central Command said.

The blockade, which was restarted July 14 after the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran fell apart, stops all ships entering and exiting Iranian ports through the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. redirected three ships in the past day, according to CENTCOM.

Two ships have been boarded and two have been disabled, numbers which have not changed since the U.S. boarded the Comoros-flagged tanker M/T Charminar on July 25.

Israel's military resumed strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday despite ongoing talks, blaming a ceasefire violation by militant group Hezbollah.

The fresh strikes, accompanied by the first evacuation warning in weeks, came as the United States led diplomacy between Israel and Lebanon in Rome aimed at putting an end to hostilities, with Beirut seeking Israel's phased withdrawal from the south.

"In response to a blatant violation of the ceasefire by the Hezbollah terrorist organisation, the IDF has begun conducting precise strikes in southern Lebanon," the military said in a statement, shortly after telling residents to evacuate the town of Mansouri in the south.

One person died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike, Lebanese state media said.

In Rome, Israel requested the day's talks with Lebanon end three hours early, a source in the negotiations told AFP, saying the head of the Israeli delegation, U.S. ambassador Yechiel Leiter, had blamed alleged "misleading leaks" by the Lebanese side.

But the talks were expected to resume on Thursday for a third and final day.

Iran and Oman have agreed to a route for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and are putting the final touches on arrangements for jointly managing the passage, Tehran's foreign ministry said Wednesday.

"The geographical coordinates of the route envisaged by the two sides have been agreed upon and, if certain third parties do not obstruct the process, the joint statement of the two countries, containing the main considerations and points of agreement, is also in the final review and drafting stage," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said, according to state news agency IRNA.

In addition to referring to "certain third parties," the foreign ministry went on to more blatantly blame the U.S. and said they cannot assure safe passage through the strait despite a deal on a new route.

"The Iran-Oman understanding in and of itself cannot mean that the strait has become safe for passing ships, because the factors making the Strait of Hormuz insecure — stemming from the United States, especially the naval blockade and other threatening actions and measures against Iran and its interests — still exist," the ministry said.

The agreement would now allow the U.S. and Iran to return to the negotiating table under terms set out in the memorandum of understanding in June, sources told CBS News, which calls for a 60-day period of free transit through the strait for 60 days.

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The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions targeting Iraq's Fly Baghdad airline, a company it had previously designated for alleged links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

In an update to its website, the U.S. Treasury lifted sanctions on Fly Baghdad and two of its aircraft, but maintained its sanctions against a man previously identified as the company's owner, Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani.

Washington had originally designated the airline, its aircraft and owner in January 2024, alleging it provided support to the IRGC's Quds Force and its proxy groups in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

A U.S. Treasury official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP the airline had been removed after going through the department's administrative reconsideration process.

"FBA (Fly Baghdad Airlines) has demonstrated major changes to their operations such that their listing is no longer warranted," the official said.

For weeks, the Pentagon has refused to disclose the findings from the Army's investigation into the deadliest attack against U.S. troops during the Iran war. Now, a key Senate Democrat is calling on military leaders to release the more than 350-page report stemming from the probe.

"I now request you immediately release the findings of that investigation publicly and provide Congress with a copy of the full investigation, all underlying documentation, and any additional classified review of the attack," Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin wrote to the head of U.S. Central Command in a letter obtained by CBS News.  

Six Americans were killed and dozens more were injured in the March 1 strike at a U.S. command post in Kuwait, one of several U.S.-allied countries in the Persian Gulf region that was targeted by intense Iranian missile and drone attacks after the U.S. and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury.

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The U.N. rights chief, Volker Turk, said Wednesday he was "alarmed" by the surge in executions in Iran since March, with the death penalty being used by Tehran to "instill fear."

In a statement, Turk said at least 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges since March 19, including 27 individuals in cases linked to protests at the start of the year.

"Over 100 others are at risk of execution on similar charges," he said. "Executions for drug-related offences are also continuing at an alarming rate."

On March 19, Iran executed three people convicted of killing police officers and carrying out operations in favor of the U.S. and Israel, the first officially announced executions relating to the nationwide anti-government demonstrations that peaked on Jan. 8 and 9.

"I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March, and that capital punishment continues to be used to instill fear among the population and suppress dissent," said Turk.

"Persistent lack of fair trial and due process guarantees are deeply troubling. Confessions have allegedly been obtained under torture and other ill-treatment," he said.

Several executions have reportedly been carried out in public, with some reportedly conducted only weeks after arrest, said Turk. 

The Iranian-Omani proposal — that is currently under negotiation — to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would have no tolls or service fees for ships transiting the waterway, sources told CBS News.

Under the proposal which Iran and Oman have been negotiating for several days, ships entering the strait would use the route closest to Iran, under Tehran's coordination, sources said. To exit, ships would use the route closest to Oman, coordinated by Muscat.

That proposal would also exclude tolls or service fees to transit the vital waterway, a major sticking point in the various talks held between the U.S., Iran and mediators. 

If approved, the U.S. and Iran would return to the negotiating table under terms set out in the memorandum of understanding in June, according to the sources, which calls for a 60-day period of free transit through the strait for 60 days.

Iran's Foreign Minister Esmaeil Baqaei said in an interview with the country's state broadcaster IRIB that talks with Oman on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have been positive.

"Iran is trying to formulate the necessary mechanisms for future arrangements for the management of shipping traffic in this strategic crossing, in cooperation with Oman, and the final results of these negotiations will be announced after the conclusion," Baqaei said.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on Wednesday that they attacked a Saudi oil tanker off Yanbu, in the Red Sea, as the rebels pressed on with their declared maritime blockade of the kingdom.

This was the eighth Saudi oil tanker targeted since the start of the blockade on July 22, a Houthi military spokesman said.

The group "successfully targeted the Saudi oil tanker 'Wafa' in the northern Red Sea, off the coast of Yanbu, with a number of ballistic missiles," Yahya Saree said in a video statement.

The Houthis declared they will escalate attacks in the northern Red Sea because Saudi Arabia is diverting its oil tankers there from the south in response to their blockade.

President Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday or Thursday, while Iran and Oman inched toward an agreement to reopen the critical waterway and potentially help bring an end to the war.

Mr. Trump was asked by reporters traveling with him in California about a report on the Axios news site that an announcement on the Strait of Hormuz could be made on Wednesday.

"It could happen. Tomorrow or the next day," he said, speaking on Tuesday evening California time. "A lot of progress has been made."

The possible agreement emerging from talks between Iran and Oman calls for ships to enter the Persian Gulf through an Iranian-controlled route and exit through a route controlled by Oman, two regional officials told The Associated Press. Service fees would be charged for providing security and preserving the maritime environment, the officials said.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive negotiations.

The Trump administration has previously ruled out any deal that would give Iran control over the strait, which was an open international waterway before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. 

In an exchange with reporters on Monday, the U.S. president reiterated his public opposition to tolls being charged in the strait. "I'm not going to let them charge," Mr. Trump said. "Anybody's going to charge, we'll charge."

An Iranian source familiar with the direct Iran-Oman talks has told CBS News the discussions between Tehran and Muscat are now focused largely on the mechanics of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. 

Under the current proposal, ships entering the strait would use the channel closest to Iran, with Iran coordinating inbound traffic, while vessels leaving the strait would use the Omani side, with Muscat managing outbound traffic. 

The proposal also includes a "service fee," with the revenue split between Iran and Oman. 

According to the source, the broad outlines have largely been agreed upon, with the remaining discussions focused on implementation and timing.

"The southern route through the Strait of Hormuz remains free and open for all commercial vessels seeking to transit the international waterway," U.S. Central Command said later Tuesday. 

The military added that U.S. forces have assisted more than 1,000 vessels in safely transiting through the strait over the past three months.

The U.S. has used nearly all of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles during the war with Iran, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell CBS News. 

Specifically, the U.S. has used virtually all of its Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, and Precision Strike Missiles, the sources said. Reuters was first to report that the U.S. had used "virtually all" of its long-range precision missiles during Operation Epic Fury. 

CBS News has previously reported that the U.S. has dwindling stockpiles of defensive interceptors and long-range missiles, which has become a pressure point within the administration, and that the U.S. cannot sustain the rate at which it expended precision munitions early in the war with Iran. 

U.S. officials said there are limited inventories of the ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles, and that the most pressing concern involves the number of Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors, which have been used faster than the industry can replace them.  

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement to CBS News: "America's military is the most powerful in the world and has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President's choosing. We have executed multiple successful operations across combatant commands while ensuring the U.S. military possesses a deep arsenal of capabilities to protect our people and our interests."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously dismissed concerns about the U.S. stockpile.

"That is a manufactured story that the media wants to peddle and ultimately our stockpiles are great, and they're only getting stronger," Hegseth said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on July 14. 

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