00:00Thank you for doing this.
00:01Mr. Secretary, I wanted to ask you about Iran.
00:04Does the Pentagon have any indication
00:06that the helicopter crash in Iran
00:08that killed President Raisi was anything
00:10other than an accident?
00:12And have you directed any forced posture changes
00:15in case there's unrest following these deaths?
00:18And then for Chairman Brown, I wanted
00:20to ask you about Senior Airman Roger Fortson.
00:23What would you like to say to Fortson's family?
00:26And more broadly, what would you like
00:28to say to black service members who are wondering if it matters
00:31whether they serve?
00:33No matter what they do, there's still
00:34law enforcement that see them as a threat.
00:39Thanks, Tara.
00:40Regarding the death of Iran's president
00:44in the very unfortunate helicopter crash,
00:48we continue to monitor the situation,
00:50but we don't have any insights into the cause of the accident
00:57at this point.
00:58Certainly, I know the Iranians are investigating
01:01or will investigate, and so we'll
01:03see what the outcome is once their investigation is
01:06complete.
01:08In terms of our force posture, I don't
01:11have any announcements to make.
01:13And again, this is something that we'll continue to watch,
01:17and I don't necessarily see any broader regional security
01:22impacts at this point in time, Tara.
01:25No indication that there was anything
01:28other than an accident that brought this helicopter down?
01:31I can't speculate on what may have
01:32been the cause of the accident, Tara.
01:35But again, I think we'll learn more once the Iranians have
01:42investigated.
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