CENTCOM's Cooper and Caine Deliver a Three-Option Strike Menu and Saturday Becomes Day One
Adm. Brad Cooper and Gen. Dan Caine briefed Trump Thursday on three Iran options, and Caine's attendance signaled the menu has narrowed past war-gaming.
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Adm. Brad Cooper and Gen. Dan Caine briefed Trump Thursday on three Iran options, and Caine's attendance signaled the menu has narrowed past war-gaming.
Iran's new supreme leader has now issued exactly two written statements since his March 12 inaugural — both written, neither spoken; the second names Hormuz and the bright future without US presence.
The Salam-government documentation deadline has produced its first formal request — Beirut wrote to four international bodies Saturday morning.
Araghchi sent a phased proposal through Islamabad — Strait first, nuclear talks postponed — Trump met Rubio and the security advisers Monday and an unnamed official said he is not satisfied.