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Trump Was This Close to Putting Boots on the Ground in Iran (opens in new tab)

The Trump administration came incredibly close to putting boots on the ground in Iran to seize enriched uranium, according to reporting from CNN. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine was briefed on the plan last month before briefing President Trump himself. But Trump apparently put the plan on hold given the high potential for U.S. casualties and increased Iranian aggression—a massive risk for his political standing in the midst of a widely unpopular war.“It would be insanely...

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