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What recent events have escalated tensions with Iran?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Pentagon has released the names of four of the six U.S. soldiers killed by an Iranian drone strike on Sunday. They served with a command based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is stepping up its attacks against Iran. NPR's Quill Lawrence has more.
At a Pentagon news conference, Hegseth said Iranian offensive capabilities are diminishing rapidly as the U.S. and Israel establish control of the airspace over Iran. The Iranian Navy has mostly been destroyed, including a ship sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters.
America is winning, decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy.
Hegseth sidestepped a question about whether the U.S. is working with ethnic Kurdish rebel groups in northwestern Iran to further destabilize the Iranian regime. When asked if the U.S.
has enough munitions to outlast Iran's missiles and drones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Kaine said there are sufficient precision munitions for the matter at hand, but wouldn't go into detail, citing operational security. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
The Senate is on track to vote today on whether to limit President Trump's war powers in Iran. Democrats have insisted that Trump seek permission from Congress before acting. Republicans are expected to block the resolution. Texas Republicans are heading into a high-stakes runoff election.
NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports incumbent Senator John Cornyn failed to secure the majority needed to win the GO primary yesterday.
No one broke 50 percent, so it's going to a May 26th runoff. So Texas, get ready for more money and more nasty attacks between incumbent Senator John Cornyn and State Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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