the atlantic council is sometimes considered an american organization. it's really a trans-atlantic and a global organization that brings together friends and allies to shape the global future. mr. prime minister in your first six months in mr. prime minister, in your first six months in office,, and what a six months it has been, you're pushing an ambitious agenda of structural reform to the economy and investors are taking note. and we hope more and more u.s. investigators will take more and more note. by the end of 2019, greece's borrowing costs had fallen tremendously. cuts on property taxes and corporate taxes are on the horizon. and unemployment has fallen to 18%, with the influx of capital. this is an incredible turn-around from even five years ago when unemployment was hovering around 25% and the g.d.p. deficit was at 5%. greece is a country that spends 2% of its g.d.p. on defense, so the nato standard. it is a key strategic ally of the united states. and you have basketball a strong voice, mr. have been a strong voice, mr. prime minister, for nat

joining us now is matthew kroenig from the atlantic council. he previously worked at the pentagon on the iran desk. he joins us from washington. if you are the ayatollah khomeini, have lost a friend, somebody who was carrying out your strategic vision, what are your next plans, given that mayor ron is intentionally short on options? matthew: that is the big question people are asking now, what comes next? if you are iran supreme leader, you face a dilemma. on the one hand, you have to retaliate. if you don't strike back after the death of sola money, you money, ---- so the sola money, you look weak. meeting with his advisers right now, talking about a calibrated response, a goldilocks response of striking back but not too hard. one of theck is things that could make sense in the situation. vonnie was talking about that phone call between macron and erdogan. a lot of global leaders reacting. anything that we may look toward when it comes to coordinated efforts on this issue? this has been a weakness of u.s. strategy, unable to get its european a

prime minister a warm welcome, thank you to coming to atlantic council. we are delighted you start with our meeting here before you meet president trump at the white house. after you met with our international advisory board in september on the sideline of the u.n. general assembly. the prime minister joins us this morning as part of the future initiatives. in the series, we welcome head of state and ministers to discuss challenges facing the trans atlantic community and opportunities for deep enga engageme engagement. promoting leadership and strategy with shape and secure a strong atlantic alliance. it is sometimes considered an american organization, it is really a transit atlantic, a global organization that brings together friends and allies to shape the global future. mr. prime minister, your first six months in office and what a six month it had been. investors are taking note and i am hoping more and more u.s. investors will take notes. cuts on property taxes and corporate taxes are on the horizon and unemployment has fallen 18% with the influx of

run for a novel says we turn to a couple of its words they are barbara slaven director of the atlantic council future of iran an issue divs and author a bit of friends bosom enemies over in the united states and the twisted pairs to confrontation she is in washington. and in miami michael centro flow foreign policy expert and especially expert in the middle east ok barbara how do you see it with the president that the rand is standing down no not at all on fact there just been some more rockets fired into the green zone in baghdad no i think this phase perhaps is over there explicit retaliation for the assassination of their senior national security official cause i'm still in money but this tension will continue as long as the united states and iran are not negotiating are not sitting down and talking about peace so it's far from over do you see them coming to the table. it's very hard for me to envision right now and less donald trump is prepared to offer iran some to some incentive some economic incentives as you know the trumpet ministration has put into place a policy of what it calls max

so doing by holy the middle east analyst and nonresident fellow at the atlantic council thank you so much for being with us again i'd like to ask you about the domestic u.s. policy afterwards but 1st of all it means is that what you think is the u.s. is primarily a mean this is us nation but generally its policy towards iran to curb iran's expansion across the region this is certainly what the trump administration has been aiming from the get go when they withdrew from the iran nuclear reman in may 2018 part of it was not just to make a better deal with her on but to curb its aspirations in the region so yes ok we were just speaking as before to any gallagher who is of florida that meeting of the even jelly calls for trump obviously it is campaign a year how do you think just with his base but in the u.s. in general how do you think it's playing over there well i think this is definitely seen as a very big win for trump this is the 2nd high profile middle east arguably terrorists according to the u.s. government the chump of misfortune has taken out with them once 1st being. the lead

we also welcomed the board members and founder of the programs here at the atlantic council and finally we look in the u.s. government private companies and nonprofits i predict a rich and substantive question and answer session following the discussion on the stage. open to everyone. >> this richness of the discussion will be enhanced by the absolutely superlative interviewer to draw the kernels of wisdom today. tom friedman needs no introduction but for fun i will remind you you can read the analysis of the foreign affairs and "the new york times," an analysis for which he has won the pulitzer prize. he's the author of several books focused on the middle east and one of which from beirut to jerusalem where the textbook and work as an undergraduate. the full bio is available and is printed out here. now let us turn to the man of the hour. nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council career center for the middle east in addition to reading his work on the website you can read it on his own blog, middle east corner. he retired from 25 years in the foreign service and 2013 the rank o

nuala: a little earlier i spoke to the atlantic council's iraq initiative director. >> it is alarming. it is a really sad turn of events. a lot of it is unnecessary because of this sort of back and forth hostilities between the united states and iran, and iraq is caught in the crossfire. i think, as i said in my tweets earlier from yesterday to today, i believe that we are going to witness a new relation bad turn between the united states and iraq in 2020, different than what has been before and's 2003.-- since 2003. this is the first time we see demonstrations in front of the u.s. embassy in baghdad's 2003, and i believe that these demonstrators will not go away before they get what they want, which is a massive reduction of u.s. diplomatic presence. nuala: how do you think that will actually default? there are people within those buildings. a breached perhaps the outer wall but not the actual embassy itself. do you see some sort of mediation? i believe you think there will be a massive reduction of americans in that embassy, but tell me what you think is going to happen. >> again, d

and the rest of europe at the atlantic council in washington, d.c. he also talked about nato and the u.s. drone strike on the iranian general.

iran's history absolutely holaday grizzling resident fellow at the middle east program for the atlantic council think we'll be speaking to you again in next hour look forward to it for the moment thank you now still to come in this news hour one major cleanup begins in indonesia's capital is the best toll from heavy flooding and landslides rises the 43. i'll tell you when nearly a 1000 babies and infants died in an indian public hospital last year and then sports 4 on board with a back to rally champion as he looks to defend his title for the 1st time in the middle east. i like a bit of movement in the end i cloud is swirling and then moving quite happily across me that's been the position probably has to some degree lifted out this cloud here this dark shadow woods a bit of rain snow is not changing the way the way to the weather feels that this part of europe mobile much. temperatures still on the high side yet they really are this time of year we had 19 yesterday up in norway that was a bit of furniture of the merit is more typically also for where you want expected to be and that in athens

to run for analysis we turn to a couple of its words they are barbara slaven director of the atlantic council future of iran an issue divs and author a bit of friends bosom enemies around the united states and the twisted past of confrontation she is in washington. and in miami michael santo flood foreign policy expert and especially expert in the middle east ok barbara how do you see it with the president to rana standing down no not at all on fact there just been some more rockets fired into the green zone in baghdad no i think this phase perhaps is over there explicit retaliation for the assassination of their senior national security official cause i'm still in money but this 10. we'll continue as long as the united states and iran are not negotiating are not sitting down and talking about peace so it's far from over do you mean. it's very hard for me to envision right now and less donald trump is prepared to offer iran some some incentive some economic incentives as you know the trumpet ministration has put into place a policy of what it calls maximum pressure which entails a an oil emba

about fake news outlets they're going to talk about how there are entities their bodies like the atlantic council the state of feeling it isn't a counselor all these other bodies they fund or support how they are guilty you think news and at the same time how they are guilty of trying to character assassinate those people whether they are independent journalists and researchers or russian media they're trying to character assassinate those people who are actually doing the honest reporting even we appreciate your time especially coming on the program that we can thank you eva barclay a journalist focusing on syria speaking to us from account of that today. and without the news hours don't but our programs are just starting for this hour stay close they begin in moments. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have been crazy going from day shouldn't let it be an arms race of his own often scary dramatic development that only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit. in talk. of the government is. more to see show and see

to politicking continue the conversation with their counsel barbara slaven director of the atlantic council's future of iran initiative she's in washington and in miami michael cental foreign policy and middle east expert ok barbara where's it all go on. oh larry i just hope we don't get ourselves into a full scale war with iran i hope both sides can somehow step back from the brink i would like to see us go back into negotiations with iran i would like to see an end to the travel ban that makes it so hard for you iranians to come to this country we are hurting our our own interests by not having a normal or at least a somewhat respectful relationship with this very ancient and important country we have a terrible. travel ban because. well the travel ban i can't really defend because it seemed to from what appeared to be a racist campaign promise to bad muslims so i can't defend that travel ban yes there are legitimate security issues iran is a major sponsor of terrorism we've heard this from every administration reagan bush clinton obama it's a very serious issue and in fact you know enormou

ambassador to the alliance he's now with the atlantic council heather conley was a u.s. state department official working on europe and is currently director of the europe program at the center for strategic and international studies and finally now gardner is a foreign policy analyst at the heritage foundation and former aide to lady margaret thatcher in the united kingdom welcome all thank you very much for being here but before we start lest you think donald trump made a statement about nato in the middle east on a whim the next day he followed up with this exchange and i actually had a name. you need to know what i need and then you have the middle east you know they told me i said what a beautiful name nato member good name straight u.s.m.c. is like the song why am seeing everybody nobody could remember us m.c.s. it think of the song y.m.c.a. now everybody says it they don't remember the previous name of a big deal. commonly known as nafta you know if you add the words if you add the 2 words released at the end of it because that's a big problem that's a big source

and iran for analysis we turn to a couple of experts they are barbara slaven director of the atlantic council future of iran initiative and author of bit of friends bosom enemies overran the united states and the twisted pairs to confrontation she is in washington and in miami michael santow floods foreign policy.

k. and speak to the iranian american analyst holy digress susan known resident fellow at the atlantic council thank you very much for joining us here. on the- fronts twenty four now a festival iran has already found to hits back after the u. s. carried out this killing how the mind the islamic republic respond and in what time frame is this a government in your view that might prefer to sit. and think befofore acting. i certainly history tells that iran does like to think at sit and think beforore acting but this is anan unprecedented situation- but we-e- haven't sen ththe us and iran- at each otother's t throats like thahat- probablyly from. there on hostae crisis so- that right now or actuallyly to be fair probably spent the u us. the i iran downg of the u us drone in junene that cost a hundred and ten million dollars. so what. the reality as well it's really hard to say what they're thinking but they are arguably rational and not. with five. eight so. it c could be dayays it could b be weeks it could be months or even years beforere we fear actuaual respo. but it'll be e in a way thatt yu

he spoke to me at the atlantic council and global energy forum in abu dhabi.here will be a surplus of more than one million barrels per day, looking for buyers, because production is growing from the united states, brazil, norway, lots of oil compared to the markets. manus: lots of oil. that is what we all need to remember. martin malone is with us. he was at pains to point out this glut of supply and that my attention needs to come back. gtvou look at the library, middle east -- how fools rushed into dissipate geopolitical risk in this oil market? do you think he is right? the glut of supply? martin: i think he is spot on and it is not just for this year. we have a glut of supply for that situation and that is why oil fell back. now less than $60 because of what he pointed out, the excess supply situation. barrels.on 5 million they want to get up towards nine. they are the largest share of global oil. for the last four weeks, net energy exports out of america. the energy situation has seen a dramatic change, and opec plus, as you know, do have supply cuts in

. >> is non- resident senior fellow at the atlantic council career center for the middle east. in addition to reading his work on our website, you can read it on his own blog, middle east corner. he retired from 25 years in the u.s. foreign service in 2013 at the rank of minister counselor. no small feat. he taught at the national defense university and at northwestern university. in his last overseas posting, he served as the deputy sheep of mission at the u.s. embassy in yemen. until about 2003 during the iraq war, he served as department spokesperson at u.s. central command and joe hawk and in baghdad. it is bachelors degree in political science from the american university of beirut in his masters and phd in political science from the university of new york and albany. he has published articles on issues of leadership and development in the arab world. journalists south eastern asia journals. try to keep them all straight if you can. when he was posted to yemen in 2004 i recall a conversation that i had at the time with a mutual friend of ours. former ambassador to the unit

and the rest of europe at the atlantic council in washington, d.c. he also talked about nato and the u.s. drone strike on the iranian general.

an iranian-american analyst is with us and non-resident fellow at the atlantic council and joins us fromondon. i tried to piece together, how did we get here? how can you explain? can you explain the impact the nuclear deal had on iran and what happened when trump pulled us out of it? >> the nuclear deal was a multilateral agreement between iran and the five members of the u.n. security council. some of who are our greatest allies in europe. so when the trump administration decided to pull out in may 2018 it was with the basically the idea that u.s. president donald trump would get a better deal than his predecessor barack obama, and as a result, he decided to reimpose sanctions on iran despite the fact iran had not violated the nuclear ay agreement. it was from then on when the united states pushed for a maximum pressure policy that is arguably led to this point, and especially more importantly was when the united states decided that they were going to ban iran from selling its oil in may, and something that iran calls economic warfare, and this is where the escalation between the unite

senior fellow at the atlantic council.hank you for joining us. >> fascinating discussion there. >>> we'll have more of breaking news ahead of the u.s. strike in baghdad. here in the u.s., the move has political implications of course, with president trump. we'll discuss them with ron brownstein when we come back. ♪ ♪ tough as a knot ♪ rocking the stage ♪ and we never gonna stop ♪ all strength, no sweat. ♪ just in case you forgot ♪ all strength. ♪ no sweat secret. all strength. no sweat. (worried) i'm not picking it up. you pick it up! i'm not picking it up! i'll pick it up! they're clean! (raps) 'cuz my hiney's clean. oh yeah i'm charmin clean. charmin ultra strong just cleans better. enjoy the go with charmin. a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. because the tempur

. >> at the atlantic council, you're actively monitoring these kinds of activity online.e you seeing right now? >> well, there is two extremely important points. both iran has developed increasingly sophisticated information operations apparatus that aligns directly with its foreign policy views. they attempt to present information and persuade others to their side. that being said, as of this morning, we have seen no large scale information operations that would be directly attributed to the iranian government. what we have seen in the wake of soleimani's death say large global conversation at the scale and significance of a news event of this. >> from your time and experience, you know, working with the national security council, advising the president on cybersecurity, how dangerous is -- how dangerous and real do you think the threat is in temss of a retaliatory event from iran to the united states in the wake of such a significant as we can see significant crisis that has now started in terms of a cyberattack? >> in terms of a cyberattack, i think the threat is very

shamali and a former national security council director of lebanon and nonresident fellow at the atlantic council and washington correspondent charlie salvage, also a msnbc contributor and author of "power rise." and the reason i have assembled the three of you is because you represent conversations that would need to be taken before the president authorizes the kind of act that started this off, the decapitation, assassination of qassem soleimani on friday night. i want to ask you, general, to start with you. what are the tradeoffs and things that military people would have been telling the president? because in the case of qassem soleimani, he was in the targets of george w. bush administration, they decided not to assassinate him. he was in the targets of the barack obama administration. they decided not to assassinate him and he was fully in the target of mossad, an incident of he was with someone they were going to assassinate and didn't want to assassinate him. there's a cost benefit analysis to be had. if you're the military guy in the room, what you talking snablt. >> if i'm mike esper, i

minister has been invited by the european foreign affairs chief to brussels, having a north atlantic council meeting in brussels. there is a huge amount of work being done to kword nalt and to send clear and precise messages. >> very diplomatic editor nick robinson in riyadh, saudi arabia. many thanks to you. >>> well, as tens of thousands of mourners take to the streets in iran, we look at how the u.n.'s top general could play out in the election politics. >> the scenes live in teheran. plus the latest on what america's top diplomat has been telling cnn about the death of qassem soleimani. stay with us. . you make time... when you can. but sometimes life gets in the way, and that stubborn fat just won't go away. coolsculpting takes you further. a non-surgical treatment that targets, freezes, and eliminates treated fat cells for good. discuss coolsculpting with your doctor. some common side-effects include temporary numbness, discomfort, and swelling. don't imagine results, see them. coolsculpting, take yourself further. save $100 on your coolsculpting treatment. text resolution to 651-90 to

jasmine elgammel former middle east adviser under president obama and now senior fellow at the atlantic councile, let me start with you. today what we heard from the secretary of defense is no, we won't do what the president said, that he thought was fine to do. cultural sites targeting. the vice president has not been touching any of this. so it is pompeo yet again that we see again and again coming out and defending this so-called imminent strike. do you believe them, that this was imminent, that this was concerning and needed to be dealt with right now? >> well, i think that is a really important question. and one of the things that we need to talk about is how incredibly politicized and political and partisan the iran issue has always been. and it doesn't just start with this president. it was that way under the obama administration as well. and secretary pompeo has been very well known for a long time to have these incredibly hawkish views on iran and to always be pushing for further action against iran. so already he's coming in as secretary of state with a lot of baggage when it comes to

is a retired four star general and msnbc military analyst and a nonresident fellow with the atlantic councilhanks to both of you. general, i want to start with you. the u.s. has basically refused to leave iraq for the time being. is there precedent for that, and does iraq have the ability to put its foot down on this? >> well, to be blunt, i was astoni astonished. apparently secretary pompeo said we're not going to leave, and we're not going to discuss the terms under which we might leave. that would imply that a tiny number, 5,000 u.s. troops are an occupation force and would have the ability to circulate around the country and ignore the 165,000 members of the iraqi armed forces who might be told to cut off their access or seize them or it just doesn't make any sense, and if secretary pompeo, if that's his objective, why would he have said it in public? it's a very bizarre situation. that decision to kill the quds force commander at the baghdad international airport has a cascading effect that's simply unbelievable. 65% of iran is shia. they're going to dominate the government. the sunnis

he has served most recently as the united states's permanent representative to the north atlantic council of nato in which he retired in 2017. previously he had a distinguished 35 career in the u.s. army. he also served for a total of six years in the white house under both presidents george w. bush and barack obama. 2007, president bush named him deputy national security advisor to coordinate the war in iraq and afghanistan. before being assigned to the white house, he served as director of operations both on the joint staff in washington, d.c. and on the united states central command. then we have on the panel, professor brett mcgurk, currently based at stanford university. before moving to stanford, mcgurk served as a special president envoy for a global coalition to defeat isis. in that capacity he led the fight against the terrorist network. previously mcgurk served in senior positions in the george w. bush and barack obama administration, including in the bush white house as senior director for iraq and afghanistan and as deputy assistant to secretary of the state for iraq and iran

and kirsten fontenrose is director of the middle east security initiative at the atlantic council. she previously served as senior director for gulf affairs othe national security council staff during the trump administration. bilal, how connected is hezbollah to iran? >> the closest any militia can get to iran, that is a documentary that iran has made celebrating the leader of h hezbollah in which he clearly says that he sees himself as a member of the larger iranian-led resistance against the united states and israel. >> schifrin: so christine krists that believe iran is attacking the embassy? >> we believe it is a direct relationship. we also know the number two deputy announced yesterday that they have the backing from tehran, the thumbs up from tehran to go full throttle against our forces in iraq. >> schifrin: let's talk about the last couple of days, the strikes on sunday. we were talking to you earlier. you said the u.s. is falling into an iranian trap, that there's now a proxy war between the u.s. and iran inside of iraq. >> iran managed to put the united states in a posit

stay with the story matthew bryza is a senior fellow at the atlantic council's your racial center on global energy he joins us on skype from istanbul gets to have you with us on the program marky this pipeline has been several years in the making the top has been turns no washer game changer would you say this is for the region. well thanks for having me hala it's a game changer for ukraine this is a largely geo politically intended project on behalf of russia which would allow as we just say russia to avoid sending gas by the ukraine which number one will really hurt the ukrainian economy ukraine gets about $3000000.00 a year in transit bees and number 2 will maintain russia's status as a monopolist with a monopolistic supplier of natural gas to bulgaria to greece as well and also north macedonia. president obama whoever said something very significant during the conference press conference just now with president putin besides strengthening turkey russia relations he talked about another pipeline the tunnel pipeline from azerbaijan and president mention he called them his dear brot

she is a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council. joining us on such short notice.wed this story for a long time. us remind our viewers. give us a profile of who was this man and wife was he a target? something called the kurds forced which was the elite force, kind of a special forces and cia put together. he was having it for 20 years. always an enemy of the united states. after 9/11 the force worked indirectly with the united states to overthrow the taliban government. it was a u.s. decision to invade in 2003 that turned the force into an enemy of the united states through its support of a variety of iraqi militias. over the years, it is said some 600 american serviceman died in attacks that were connected to the iraqi groups supported by iran. certainly we have seen incidents in recent months. i am worried about the prospects for further escalation. i'm worried there will be retaliation against american diplomats or military personnel or civilians. it was a very risky step. : the pentagon is continuing the statement that he did plan an attack on u.s. diplomats.

you have been at the atlantic council meeting.hat has the sentiment been like over the weekend and into monday? got ourselves all rather wound up and it is really all about security. that is a washington voice coming to abu dhabi. one has to look at it through that prism. that was francis fanon speaking to me. i pushed him a little bit. he did not want to talk about american foreign policy for oil on the back of trump's comments. but the essence of it was he did not see that it was going to be this upswing in reprisals for the proxies, which seemed to be the consideration in the various conversations i had with various people around the room, which was we are foolhardy to rush in and believe all the geopolitics can be priced out immediately. i have written down here supply versus opec class extension versus geopolitics. those are the trifecta of issues affecting the market. what happens to oil supply in iraq? cranny,nus, manus bloomberg daybreak: asia kirk, doing a bit of reporting on the ground. thank you very much for joining us

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. >>> for more we're joined by barbara slavin, director of the atlantic council's future of iran initiativeshe's in our washington bureau this morning. barbara, good morning. >> good morning. >> the president says he did there to prevent war. rand paul says he believes we are now going to go to war. who's right? >> well, i'm afraid rand paul may have the better argument here. what i see are winners and losers. winners from this are isis, al qaeda,fundamentals that hates the united states, china, russia, which will become more powerful in middle east. in a strange way donald trump is engineering the u.s. withdrawal from the middle east because as has been pointed out, it will be untenable for american forces to stay in iraq. probably syria. we will see a drastic drawdown in american diplomats. american tourists, businesspeople, are going to be forced to think more about their security because of this. it was a stunningly, can i say stupid and counterproductive move on the part of the united states, and we're going to pay the price for this. and the people of the middle east will pay the pric

of the u.s.chair institute of an executive vice chair of the board of the atlantic council. he served for four years as assistant to the president for national security affairs from 2005 to 2009. he was the assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor, serving under condoleezza rice. he previously served on the national security council staff from 1989e department to 1993. i think our witnesses for joining us. your testimony will be made part of the record. i will recognize you each for five minutes. we will begin with dr. haas. >> thank you and good morning. let me say that recent events that we are discussing today did not take place in a vacuum. they can only be understood in the backdrop of history, in particular, recent history. i would highlight the american decision in 2018 to exit the and thelear agreement decision to introduce significant sanctions against iran. they constituted a form of economic warfare. iran was not in a position to therefore tond conclude that they needed to be removed. it is important to point out that the u.s. did not provid

the united states institute of peace and executive vice chair of the board of directors of the atlantic council. he served four years as the assistant to the president for national security affairs from 2005 to 2009. from 2001 to 2005, mr. hadley was the assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser served under condoleezza rice. mr. hadley had previously served on the national security council staff and in the defense department including assistant secretary of defense, printed national security policy from 1989 to 1993. so, i thank our witnesses for joining us. without objection, your complete prepared testimony will be made part of the record. i'll now recognize you each for five minutes to summarize your opening statement, and we'll begin with dr. haas. >> thank you and good morning. let me say that recent events that we're discussing here today did not take place in a vacuum. they can only be understood against the backdrop of nearly 3 quarters of a century of history, in particular recent history. here i would highlight the american decision in 2018 to exit the 2015 nucl

good afternoon, i havejust good afternoon, i have just chaired a meeting of the north atlantic councilo train forces in iraq and prevent the return of isis. at our meeting today, strong support was expressed for the fight against isis and for the nato mission in iraq. in everything that we do, the safety of our personnel is paramount. as such, we have for the time being suspended ourtraining on we have for the time being suspended our training on the ground, and we are taking all precautions necessary to protect our people. we are keeping the situation under close review, and we remain in close contact with the iraqi authorities. nato is prepared to continue our training and capacity building when the situation permits. we remain strongly committed to the fight against international terrorism. at our meeting today, the united states also briefed on the situation following recent attacks on coalition forces in iraq. and the strike against general soleimani. fourfor strike against general soleimani. four for years, strike against general soleimani. fourfor years, all allies strike agains

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