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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Airstrike in Iraq Against High-Level Iranian Military Officials — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Trump Administration conducted a deadly airstrike targeting Iranians and Iraqis at the Baghdad International Airport:
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Four Years Ago, Trump Had No Clue Who Iran's Suleimani Was. Now He May Have Kicked Off WWIII. — President Donald Trump makes a video call to the troops stationed worldwide at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24, 2019. — Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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Mohammad Ali Shabani / The Guardian:
Donald Trump's assassination of Qassem Suleimani will come back to haunt him — The Quds force leader had the status of national hero even among secular Iranians. His death could act as a rallying cry — The US has assassinated Qassem Suleimani, the famed leader of Iran's Quds force …
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U.S. Embassy / U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Iraq:
Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, January 3, 2020 — Home الصفح ة الرئي سية | Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, January 3, 2020 — Event: Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region …
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Ryan C. Brooks / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Strike Has Drawn A Sharp Line Between The Democrats Running For President — The Democratic presidential candidates have split into an anti-war camp, led by Bernie Sanders, and a set of more nuanced responses to the killing of a key Iranian official, a rare and sharp contrast inside …
New York Times:
U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces — Suleimani was planning attacks on Americans across the region, leading to an airstrike in Baghdad, the Pentagon statement said. Iran's supreme leader called for vengeance. — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. …
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Stanley McChrystal / Foreign Policy:
Iran's Deadly Puppet Master — Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains exactly why Qassem Suleimani is so dangerous. — The decision not to act is often the hardest one to make—and it isn't always right. In 2007, I watched a string of vehicles pass from Iran into northern Iraq.
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Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Trump: Only a ‘weak’ and ‘ineffective’ president would start a war with Iran — Trump's old comments are resurfacing after he ordered an attack on an Iranian leader that could spark more violent conflict in the Middle East. — Before the 2012 presidential election, when former President Barack Obama …
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Michael Doran / New York Times:
Trump's Ground Game Against Iran — The assassination of Qassim Suleimani is a seismic event in the Middle East. — Mr. Doran is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and served in the departments of State and Defense, and on the National Security Council.
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Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch:
Why oil could hit $80 even without a ‘full-blown’ U.S.-Iran war — It's always useful to have a sense of Middle Eastern history, as financial markets swirled following the news of the U.S. airstrike that killed a prominent Iranian general in Baghdad. — So let's go way back to...September …
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William Watts / MarketWatch:
Strait of Hormuz, the world's biggest oil chokepoint, in focus as U.S.-Iran tensions flare — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway in the Middle East that marks the most sensitive transportation choke point for global oil supplies, was back in focus Friday after a U.S. airstrike killed …
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Axios:
The U.S. takes a war footing against Iran after Soleimani strike — President Trump, after warning three days ago that Iran would pay “a very BIG PRICE,” authorized a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport that killed Iran's top general and second most powerful official, Qasem Soleimani.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's Iran strike demands a serious response from Democrats — President Trump's decision to order the assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, a major escalation that could unleash all sorts of bloody and terrifying consequences, should prompt Democrats to do two things without delay.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
The Killing of Qassem Suleimani Is Tantamount to an Act of War
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Andrew Exum / The Atlantic:
Iran Loses Its Indispensable Man
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Ray Takeyh / Politico:
Why the death of an Iranian commander won't mean World War III
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by the Department of Defense
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Washington Post:
Airstrike at Baghdad airport kills Iran's most revered military leader, Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi state television reports
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump just made his most consequential decision as president
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Soleimani's takedown fuels new partisan warfare on Capitol Hill
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Qassim Abdul-zahra / Associated Press:
Iran's Gen. Soleimani killed in airstrike at Baghdad airport
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HuffPost:
Top Senate Democrat Received No Advance Notice Of U.S. Strike On Iran General
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Calls the Ayatollah's Bluff
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What Trump said about Obama and war with Iran, and what it means now
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
The United States Is Now at War With Iran
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CNN:
Pompeo: Strike on Soleimani disrupted an ‘imminent attack’ and ‘saved American lives’
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Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
The Morning Dispatch: Qassem Suleimani Is Dead
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren 4th quarter fundraising dips to $21.2 million
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Daniel Byman / Vox:
Killing Iran's Qassem Suleimani changes the game in the Middle East
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Jake Novak / CNBC:
Op-Ed: America just took out a man many consider the world's No. 1 bad guy
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Preston Ayres / WCYB:
Roe Retiring: Congressman won't seek another term — Tennessee Congressman Phil Roe is not running for re-election. The six-term Republican announced Friday morning he will not seek a seventh term in 2020. Roe was first elected to Congress in 2008 by defeating incumbent David Davis in the Republican primary.
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Whitley Alexander / U.S. Representative Phil Roe, M.D.:
Congressman Roe: “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent East Tennessee.” — f t # e — JOHNSON CITY, TENN.- Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after announcing he will retire at the end of the 116th Congress:
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FiveThirtyEight:
Our Poll Finds A Majority Of Americans Think The Evidence Supports Trump's Removal — After the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on Dec. 18, the president's fate is in the Senate's hands. The process for the trial still isn't clear, but there are signs that it will likely …
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Richard Flanagan / New York Times:
Australia Is Committing Climate Suicide — As record fires rage, the country's leaders seem intent on sending it to its doom. — Mr. Flanagan is an Australian novelist. — BRUNY ISLAND, Tasmania — Australia today is ground zero for the climate catastrophe.
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Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
United Methodist Church is expected to split over gay marriage, fracturing the nation's third-largest denomination — Church leaders said Friday they had agreed to spin off a “traditionalist Methodist” denomination, and allow the remainder of the denomination to permit same-sex marriage …
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