US personnel moved from Mid-East as ‘GOP hawks’ lobby Trump to let Israel strike Tehran

As Republican war “hawks” reportedly pressure President Donald Trump to allow an Israeli strike against Iranian weapons sites, the administration has ordered US personnel to move out of the Middle East amid rising tensions.

“Well they are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place and we’ll see what happens, but they are – we’ve given notice to move out,” Trump said Wednesday. Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon. We are not going to allow that,” he added. ---More...

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