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Trump defends Iran war in Veterans Day address

Verified: 62 outlets in 32 countries have reported this story since Nov 8.

📍 Iran, IR·🕐 15m ago·62 outlets

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump defended the war against Iran Wednesday at a US Veterans Day commemoration that saw his defense secretary publicly admonished for a lack of decorum. "The bravery and skill of our amazing American warriors has absolutely been incredible," Trump said in an address at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington. "When this conflict is over, and it will be soon, the entire world will be a much safer and better place, more peaceful place, and a pl

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The Korea Herald· National ↗Yahoo News· Aggregator ↗South China Morning Post· National ↗This is Beirut· National ↗Forbes· Specialist ↗

The story so far · 138 reports · · 37 countries · 62 in its last 2 days✓ Verified Nov 8, 7:03 PM UTC

1 outlet from Iran, where the story is: IranWire · how we count

Nov 8, 7:03 PM UTCFirst report
Trump tells CNN he is 'highly unlikely' to order Iran attack if talks progress haaretz.com ↗
Nov 8, 7:03 PM UTC+1 min
Trump says he is unlikely to order Iran attack if talks progress, CNN reports al-monitor.com ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 8, 7:03 PM UTC · +1 min
Nov 8, 7:04 PM UTC+1 min
New attacks on Iran ‘highly unlikely,’ Trump says tass.com ↗
Nov 11, 6:55 PM UTC+3 d
Trump at Veterans Day Ceremony: 'Iran Has Been Waging War on America Since 1979'thisisbeirut.com.lb (again) ↗
Nov 11, 7:38 PM UTC+3 d
Trump defends Iran war in Veterans Day address yahoo.com (again) ↗
Nov 11, 8:35 PM UTC+3 d
Trump defends Iran war in Veterans Day speech scmp.com ↗
Nov 12, 4:23 AM UTC+3 d· you’re reading this
Trump defends Iran war in Veterans Day addresskoreaherald.com ↗

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[Claude] Reports 3 and 4 cover the same Veterans Day address defending the Iran war, while Report 2 is about a separate Forbes segment reacting to Trump's 'effectively over' claim, which is a different event.

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