BREAKING: US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation

KEANE BREAKS DOWN THE ACTION. ALEXANDER HOFF AT THE WHITE. HOUSE HAS THE LATEST FROM THE. TRUMP TEAM BUT WE BEGIN WITH. CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY. CORRESPONDENT JENNIFER GRIFFIN. AND A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING. IN THE REGION NOW. GOOD EVENING, JENNIFER. >> GOOD EVENING, BRET. SUNDAY'S STRIKES TARGETED TWO. IRANIAN ROCKET LAUNCHERS ON A. ISLAND IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. CENTCOM SPOKESMAN CAPTAIN TIM. HAWKINS SAYS THE ISLAMIC. REVOLUTIONARY GUARD FORCES WERE. OBSERVED PREPARING TO LAUNCH. ROCKETS WITH SEA MINES INTO THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. LAST WEEK CENTCOM SAID IT HAD.

COMPLETED CLEARING SEA MINES. FROM THE STRAIGHT, "U.S. FORCES. TOOK LIMITED PRECISE ACTION. AGAINST IRGC MINE-LAYING FORCES. POSING AN IMMINENT THREAT IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ.". IN THE RESPONSE TO THE LATEST. U.S. STRIKES IRAN FIRED EIGHT. BALLISTIC MISSILES TARGETING. U.S. BASES IN JORDAN, ALL OF. WHICH WERE INTERCEPTED. IRAN ALSO FIRED A DRAIN AT THE. UAE WHICH IT SAYS IT. INTERCEPTED. THESE ARARE THE FIRST U.S. AIR. STRIKES SINCE JULY 29. ON SATURDAY, AN OIL TANKER.

TRANSITING THE STRAIT WAS HIT BY. AN IRANIAN ANTI-SHIP CRUISE. MISSILE. IT'S THE SEVENTH SHIP STRUCK BY. IRANIAN PROJECTILES SINCE JULY. 14. IN A LETTER TO MILITARY FAMILIES. OBTAINED BY FOX, THE COMMANDER. OF THE 82nd AIRBORNE SAYS. SOLDIERS DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE. EAST IN MARCH WILL REMAIN THERE. UNTIL NEXT YEAR. ORIGINALLY, THESE QUICK RESPONSE. READY UNITS ARE SENT FOR WEEKS. OR A FEW MONTHS AT A TIME. NOW THEY COULD BE THERE FOR UP. TO 12 MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE. COMMANDER. "THIS DEPLOYMENT HAS PRESENTED.

MANY UNKNOWNS AND OUR HOPE IS TO. PROVIDE CLARITY SO WE CAN GUIDE. AND SUPPORT YOUR FAMILIES IN THE. BEST WAY POSSIBLE. WE DO NOT SHARE THAT LIGHTLY AND. WE UNDERSTAND THAT A LONGER TOUR. WEIGHS HEAVILY ON EVERY. HOUSEHOLD INCLUDING OUR OWN.". EN ROUTE TO A MEETING IN. SHANGHAI WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. VLADIMIR PUTIN AND PRESIDENT XI. OF CHINA IRAN'S PRESIDENT HAD. THIS WARNING. >> WE WILL NEVER REMAIN PASSIVE. IN THE FACE OF AGGRESSION AND WE. CAN GIVE THEM A DECISIVE.

RESPONSE. >> FOLLOWING THE RESUMPTION OF. AIR STRIKES OVERNIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP TWEETED AN AI-GENERATED. VIDEO OF U.S. FOAMS STRIKING. IRAN'S OIL DE POSE WITH THE. WORDS KHARG ISLAND BEING BLOWN. TO SMITHEREENS. A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS. REUTERS THE U.S. WAS FAKE AND. THE U.S. MILITARY DID NOT, IN. FACT, TARGET KHARG ISLAND. >> Bret: WE'RE JUST GETTING WORD. NOW THAT THE U.S. ARMY SECRETARY. JANUARY DRISCOLL HAS TENDERED. HIS RESIGNATION. >> IT'S NOT SURPRISING, HE'S A.

CLOSE ALLY OF VICE PRESIDENT. VANCE, HAS BEEN BUDDING HEADS. WITH SECRETARY HEGSETH FOR. MONTHS NOW. IN FACT, HE HAD DISAGREED WITH. SECRETARY HEGSETH'S DECISION TO. FIRE MANY OF THE ARMY'S TOP. GENERALS, TOP LEADERS, LEADING. TO A BIT OF A BRAIN DRAIN IN THE. ARMY AND NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SECRETARY DRISCOLL HAS SUBMITTED. HIS RESIGNATION. BRET? >> Bret: OKAY, JEN, THANKS. I THOUGHT HE WOULD STAY UNTIL. AFTER THE.