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MADE A THREAT THAT ANYONE

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ASSISTING ISRAEL IN ITS

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RETALIATION FOR IRAN’S MISSILE

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STRIKES WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN

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ACCOMPLICE AND A LEGITIMATE

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TARGET.

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THAT SEEMS TO BE A THREAT

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DIRECTED AT THE UNITED STATES?

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>> THANK YOU.

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GLOBAL SECURITY REPORTER JOINS

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US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS.

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GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

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EARLIER THIS WEEK PRESIDENT

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BIDEN SENT A FEW THOUSAND MORE

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TROOPS TO THE MIDDLE EAST AMID

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ISRAEL’S INTENSIFIED ATTACKS

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AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND LEBANON.

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WHAT KIND OF U.S. FORCES ARE

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CURRENTLY IN THE AREA?

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>> THERE IS QUITE A RANGE OF

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FORCES.

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YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AN

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AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND ALL THE

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DESTROYERS THAT ACCOMPANIED

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THAT SHIP.

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THEN THERE ARE NOW DOZENS OF

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ADDITIONAL FIGHTER JETS AND

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ATTACK AIRCRAFT THAT HAVE BEEN

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DEPLOYED ACROSS THAT REGION,

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AND THEN YOU HAVE, OF COURSE,
EXISTING U.S. BASES ALL UP AND

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EXISTING U.S. BASES ALL UP AND

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DOWN THE PERSIAN GULF ON THE

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ARAB SIDE OF THAT.

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SO, IT’S A VERY LARGE PRESENCE

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AND ALLOWS THE U.S. TO CARRY

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OUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF

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MISSIONS.

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>> THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SAID

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THESE ADDITIONAL FORCES WOULD

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BOLSTER SECURITY FOR THE TROOPS

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ALREADY IN THE REGION. WHAT

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ELSE IS THE ROLE OF U.S. FORCES

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HERE?

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WHAT KIND OF COORDINATION OR

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HELPER THE GIVING THE ISRAELIS?
>> THIS GIVES THE U.S. THE

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>> THIS GIVES THE U.S. THE

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OPTION OF HELPING ISRAEL AND IN

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THIS EXPECTED RETALIATORY

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STRIKE THAT EVERYONE IS

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EXPECTING ISRAEL WILL CONDUCT,

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TARGETING IRAN.

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SO PERHAPS THE U.S. WOULD PLAY

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A SUPPORTING ROLE, OR IT MAY

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PROVIDE AIRCRAFT AND

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INTELLIGENCE FROM SATELLITES,

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AND OTHER SOURCES, THAT WOULD

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ENABLE THE ISRAELIS TO CARRY OUT

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THOSE STRIKES IN IRAN.

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AND ALSO ALL THESE FORCES, WE

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ARE TALKING ABOUT 43,000

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TROOPS, BUT ALSO ALLOWS THE

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U.S. TO PROTECT ITS OWN BASES
THAT ARE ALL WITHIN IRANIAN

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THAT ARE ALL WITHIN IRANIAN

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MISSILE RANGE.

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THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION.

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AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE U.S.

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IS BEEN HELPING ISRAEL DEFEND

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ITS AIRSPACE AGAINST MISSILE

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ATTACKS, AS WE SAW A FEW DAYS

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AGO.

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AND THESE AIRCRAFT ARE ALSO

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THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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>> DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT

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COULD BE TARGETED IN THESE

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RETALIATORY ATTACKS BY ISRAEL

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ON IRAN?
>> THAT IS A KEY QUESTION.

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>> THAT IS A KEY QUESTION.

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AND YOU SAW THE OIL MARKETS AND

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THE WHOLE GLOBAL ECONOMY

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REACTED WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN

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ACKNOWLEDGED YESTERDAY THAT

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THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT

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THE POSSIBILITY OF ISRAEL

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STRIKING OIL FACILITIES IN

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IRAN.

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REALLY, I THINK THERE IS AN
EXPECTATION ISRAEL WOULD HIT

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EXPECTATION ISRAEL WOULD HIT

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MILITARY TARGETS CONNECTED WITH

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THE MISSILE ATTACKS THAT IRAN

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CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY.

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MISSILE LAUNCHERS.

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MISSILE BASES.

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THE KIND OF THINGS.
MAYBE INTELLIGENCE CENTERS, AS

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MAYBE INTELLIGENCE CENTERS, AS

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WELL. THEN THE QUESTION IS DO

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THEY GO AFTER THE OIL SECTOR IN

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IRAN, WHICH IS KEY TO IRAN’S

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ECONOMY?

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AND EVEN, DO THEY GO AFTER

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NUCLEAR SITES?

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PART OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

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THAT ISRAEL HAS BEEN WARNING

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ABOUT FOR SO LONG?

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THAT IS SOMETHING THE U.S.

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OPPOSES SO ISRAEL WOULD HAVE TO

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DO THAT ON THEIR OWN.

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BUT THOSE ARE THE RANGE OF

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OPTIONS.

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>> IF THE CONFLICT GETS ANY

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BIGGER, AS MANY.

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MIGHT, WHAT ARE THE RISKS TO

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THE WEST FORCES THAT ARE OVER

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THERE?

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>> AS I SAID, THERE ARE THESE

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U.S. BASES UP AND DOWN THE

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GULF, AND THEY’RE ALL WITHIN

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RANGE OF IRANIAN MISSILES.

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AND I THINK SOME OF THE MOST

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VULNERABLE TROOPS ARE IN IRAQ
AND SYRIA.

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AND SYRIA.

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IT’S A SMALL NUMBER, BUT THEY

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HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN THE PAST

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BY MILITIAS ARMED AND SUPPORTED

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BY IRAN.

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AND I THINK THE U.S. FEELS THEY

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HAVE THE FORCES THEY NEED AND

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THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO

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PROTECT THEIR TROOPS.

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AND OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE

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THOSE U.S. NAVAL SHIPS THAT