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cover of episode Wednesday, January 8, 2020: Trump Says Iran Appears to Be Standing Down After Firing Missiles at U.S. Forces

Wednesday, January 8, 2020: Trump Says Iran Appears to Be Standing Down After Firing Missiles at U.S. Forces

2020/1/8
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President Trump responding a short time ago to Iranian airstrikes on bases in Iraq, with a mixed message.

The President spoke for just over nine minutes with his military and national security leadership behind him. On the one hand, he said there are opportunities to work with Iran. But he also announced new economic sanctions and called on Russia, China, and European allies to walk away from the Iran nuclear agreement.

On today's panel: Margaret Talev with Axios , Michael Shear with The New York Times, and Dan Lamothe and Seung Min Kim with The Washington Post

Also, on today's program: Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Doug Silliman, plus CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Frederik Pleitgen, Sam Kiley, Jeff Zeleny, Manu Raju, and Kylie Atwood To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy)

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