Lloyd Austin actually said...

"The President has decided to end America`s involvement in our longest war. And we`re going to do just that."

"We`re confident in the target that we went after. We know what we hit. And we`re confident that target was being used by the same Shia militia that conducted the strikes."

"We`re confident that that target was being used for the same Shia militia that conducted the strikes. We`re very deliberate about our approach, as you would expect us to be."

"It was my recommendation. As we said a number of times we will respond on our timeline."