Luke Vargas

But just operationally, what do we know about the extent to which the U.S.

can sustain a potentially prolonged military campaign like this?

Jared, over to Iran.

What have we seen in terms of their response so far?

That would be kind of their trump card, right?

Closing down the Straits and probably activating their network of proxy groups around the Middle East, too.

Neither of which we've seen yet, but those are cards they conceivably retain.

We've got to take a very short break, but when we come back, we'll look at the political debate breaking out in Washington in response to these U.S.

attacks, as well as how America's partners around the Middle East are getting pulled into this conflict and what it could take to trigger regime change in Iran.

Stay with us.

Alex, you're there in Washington.

I know you were on the phone very early this morning with one senator, an ally of the president.

What's the buzz on Capitol Hill?

How are these attacks going over with Democrats and Republicans?

And kind of to the point we were discussing before the break, how much willingness is there in Washington for the U.S.

to get into a sustained military operation here?

Jared, how does that compare to the reaction to all this from the Gulf states?

There's already really been quite a long list of countries who've been pulled into this.

I want to return to Iran.

Jared, earlier you had sort of mentioned the role that the U.S.