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In fact, those had already been pre-positioned.

The third is the assessment that was made that if we stood and waited for that attack to come first,

before we hit them, we would suffer much higher casualties.

And so the president made the very wise decision.

We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action.

We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces.

And we knew that if we didn't preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties and perhaps even higher those killed.

And then we would all be here answering questions about why we knew that indeed.

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They're attacking airports.

They're attacking hotels.

They're hitting not just military bases.

They're attacking our embassies directly.

They're attacking facilities that have nothing to do with war or with military.

And that's a weekend Iran.

That's in Iran despite years of sanctions.

A State Department worldwide caution alert issued for all Americans everywhere in the world, particularly the hundreds of thousands in the Mideast.

Following the launch of U.S.

combat operations in Iran, Americans worldwide and especially in the Middle East should follow the guidance in the latest security alerts issued by the nearest U.S.

embassy or consulate.