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Back to EpisodesUS Strikes Iran for 9th Consecutive Night + Lebanon's President Aoun in Washington D.C. for Official Visit
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1. US President Donald Trump says the latest military strikes on Iran are being carried out in honor of US servicemembers killed in recent days.
The US military launched a new wave of strikes targeting Iran early on Monday, the ninth consecutive night of attacks.
"The strikes will continue degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz," the US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X.
As the US sent dozens of refueling jets back to Israel in anticipation of a possible further escalation, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported, citing an unnamed American official, that the US was also sending dozens of warplanes to the Middle East, bolstering its F-16 and F-35 fleets there.
2. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Sunday met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the start of his official visit to Washington, according to a US State Department readout.
The meeting, held at the State Department, discussed the US-Israel-Lebanon Trilateral Framework, the readout said.
3. Breaking Defense Interview with USAF Chief of Staff.
In a one-on-one with Breaking Defense, Air Force Chief of Staff GEN Kenneth Wilsbach laid out his big concerns for the service.