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As officials again say Iran war could soon end, some Trump objectives are unfulfilled
By most accounts, strikes by the U.S. and Israel have significantly degraded Iran's military capabilities and killed scores of senior leaders. But those tactical successes don't necessarily translate into achieving all of President Donald Trump's strategic aims, even as the administration said Friday that it was meeting the goals it had laid out.
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According to PBS News’s source item, As officials again say Iran war could soon end, some Trump objectives are unfulfilled, By most accounts, strikes by the U.S. and Israel have significantly degraded Iran’s military capabilities and killed scores of senior leaders. But those tactical successes don’t necessarily translate into achieving all of President Donald Trump’s strategic aims, even as the administration said Friday that it was meeting the goals it had laid out.
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