US SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH SAYS THE 'FAKE NEWS MEDIA' HAS TRIED TO DISCREDIT AND DELEGITIMIZE OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR, ARGUING THE SAME VOICES SAID NOTHING WHEN GOVERNMENTS ALLOWED AN UNPRECEDENTED BORDER CRISIS AND RECORD DRUG OVERDOSES AND DEATHS, AND ARE NOW DENYING AND TRYING TO DIMINISH 'OUR SHARED SUCCESS'