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<v Sarah>Trump has named a mountain — Pickaxe — and says the U.S.

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<v Sarah>will hit it 'pretty soon.'

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<v Sarah>I want to know whose intelligence put that target on his desk.

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<v Sarah>If you're just joining, the renewed U.S.-Iran war had already moved beyond isolated strikes before this latest round.

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<v Sarah>U.S. attacks resumed inside Iran

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<v Sarah>Tehran hit U.S.-linked positions across the region

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<v Sarah>and the Pentagon identified two Army air-defense soldiers killed at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan — with another service member possibly

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<v Sarah>killed as operations continued.

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<v Rich>This is Iran War Daily.

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<v Rich>Tonight — a tanker crew abandoning ship in the Strait, a nuclear complex under a mountain, and Rubio saying Tehran isn't 'serious.'

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<v Rich>Let's start with that mountain.

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<v Sarah>Marco Rubio, on the record today via Al Jazeera, AFP and Reuters: the U.S.

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