U.S. government debt prices were higher Tuesday morning, as investors awaited economic data and Treasury auctions.
Instead, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley told reporters that the letter was an unsigned draft that "should never have been released."calling for the removal of American forces and other foreign troops.
U.S.-Iran tensions have ratcheted up in recent days, following a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad's International Airport that killed Iran's leading general, Qasem Soleimani. On the data front, U.S. trade deficit figures for November will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Factory orders for November and an ISM non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index will follow slightly later in the session.
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