How the public perceives President Trump's strike against Iran will have serious implications for his presidency. But there is also the matter of his Senate trial, which has yet to be resolved | Analysis by zbyronwolf
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The Pentagon said Tuesday that Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi bases that hold US troops in response to the US airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the top Iranian general, last week.I looked at how the administration's justification for Soleimani's killing has evolved from heading off an imminent attack, as Trump first said, to retribution, which he said earlier Tuesday. Read that here.
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