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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran conflict?
Iran's state broadcaster says Iranian officials have rejected a U.S. 15-point proposal aimed at ending the current U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
According to Press TV, a senior political security official outlined five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to an end to the war, including a complete halt to aggression and assassinations and Iran's right to, quote, "...putting safeguards in place to prevent future military action against Iran."
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are preparing to deploy to the Middle East. This could signal possible use of ground troops in the war. Here's NPR's Quill Lawrence.
Two to three thousand troops from the 82nd Airborne, based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have received written orders to deploy to the Middle East, according to a U.S. government official who is not authorized to speak publicly. The soldiers will come from the division's immediate response force, which is able to mobilize worldwide within 18 hours to do a variety of missions.
Along with two marine expeditionary units already sailing toward the Persian Gulf, this could bring about 6,000 to 8,000 American ground troops in close proximity to Iran. President Trump has alternately said he would not put boots on the ground and that he won't rule it out. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
A deal to fund at least part of the Department of Homeland Security is still being hammered out on Capitol Hill. NPR's Barbara Sprunt has the latest.
Congressional Democrats have refused to fund DHS without implementing restraints on immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens earlier this year. Republicans and Democrats have been trading offers back and forth with little progress. President Trump acknowledged the ongoing negotiations without much optimism.
I think any deal they make I'm pretty much not happy with it.
One proposal is to use a budget tool to fund the rest of ICE later, along with another priority of the president's, an election overhaul bill. But some Republicans are skeptical that that will work. Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.
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